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Hi balfour-knight! It didn’t sound at all like « I should have bought a dusty ». To each his own 😉 Dusty harps are a little too square for my personal taste and comfort when playing the harp, that is all. I was considering buying a dusty ravenna a couple of years ago when I was still a student with much less budget than I have now.
I’m quite happy with my prelude, though 🙂Thank you so much to all of you guys for your input! Lo and behold, I managed to find a harp store about an hour of driving away from my home, that sells Salvi, L&H, and Dusty Strings. So I drove there on a whim this afternoon (they were available, I had called after lunch), and tried their harps. They didn’t have any Ana in stock, but told me the Prelude sound and Ana sound were very near to one another. I inquired about the levers, as pointed out by some of you. Unfortunately, the Ana now comes with the new start&play levers, which I’m not a fan of (thank you wil-weten for pointing that out). The store owners (a professional harpist and her husband) told me how they would need to touch up the Salvi levers once in a while on their rentals, but don’t remember when they had to adjust L&H levers (only this once when someone had dropped their harp on the floor! Omg!!). SO I BOUGHT A PRELUDE in mahogany. I alsmot bought the Egan, but it was six years old out of factory, and I didn’t know how it had been kept (I was also a little wary of an Egan not being sold after six years?). Plus imagine buying a harp you think you’ll love, only to find out it isn’t quite the sound you’re looking for. Anyhow, I do believe I’ll be happy with the prelude as much as I would have been with the Ana, perhaps even more. I love how the sound booms and unravels when playing the lower keys. I was hesitant between the natural and mahogany finish, but went with the mahogany and I’m quite happy with my choice. They also had the ebony finish in stock, but it reminded me too much of my piano haha. So thank you everyone for helping me buy my first harp! 🙂 Renting a harp was an awesome way to start, but nothing compares to having an amazing harp in your house that is yours.
Haha, veronika, you might be right. Truth is, some days I love the Egan more than the Ana, and some other days, I love the Ana more than the Egan. There is something with the Egan that appeals to me. At the same time, the Ana also makes my heart ache with desire 😉 So I’m face with a hard (happy) problem. The Ana I’m looking at would be brand new / out of factory 2019. The Egan is a 2012 or 2013 Egan, but after seeing pictures, it looks like the older model (with the decal on the soundboard). Not sure about the levers, though. If I could, I would buy both, haha. Thank you so much for all the information provided. It is near impossible for me to try the harps, there are no harp store near where I live (I would need to drive 7 hours to get to the nearest store). That would make things much more easier, though, I totally agree.
edit : I could drive 7 hours down to the nearest store (in Virginia, not even in Canada haha – I’m from Canada)…they don’t have the Ana or the Egan in stock though 🙁
The L&H Prelude looks interesting, but I don’t know why, it kind of leaves me indifferent in a way. It’s like, I like the sound, but the harp doesn’t speak to me as much as the Egan does. The Egan has been manufactured in 2012 (brand new, never rented), so it would also have the older levers as well, I believe.
What’s the problem with Salvi’s older levers?
