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Hmmm…this one from Stoney End is also offered as a kit:
http://www.stoneyend.com/clarseach.html
And appears to be designed specifically for wire (though I notice it also seems to lack sound holes on the front).
That’s what he’s done…reversed the color of the C’s and the F’s.
I got an email from him saying the harp is tuned in G because tuning it up to concert pitch would be too much stress on the PVC.
I wouldn’t say “HAVE” to, as I do know wire harpers who also use the finger pads (although that’s in addition to, not instead of, the nails), but certainly it’s traditional, and the characteristic sound of wire would be hard to obtain without it.
As someone who has distressingly flexible nails (mine don’t break, but they bend very easily), I’ve often wondered about the possibility of using finger pics on wire…
Audrey
I think the whole objection to nails on nylon really comes from gut, which is much more fragile than nylon, at least in the sizes used for folk harps.
Audrey
UC Santa Cruz has an excellent music program (I know because our choral scholars all come from UCSC).
