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There have been a few. Here’s one:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=6724684
>They both tell you how it’s done and although one harp site believes it is taught by Alfredo Ortiz the other is not sure where it originated from.
If I understand what you’re saying, two fingered glisses have been part of basic harp technique for many, many years. Perhaps as far back as the late 18th century, although glisses were not used so much back then.
Just giving this a bump to say that I just got my Anderson (AHS) renewal notice and the invoice is $368 for $68,620 worth of coverage.
However, they have added a requirement that you provide them with detailed information about your renters in order to have coverage for instruments rented out. This isn’t an issue for me (I only have one harp I rent and then only to my own students), but I can see that for many harpists, especially those who provide instruments for concerts and such, it could be.
Yes, it’s not good to keep monkeying with the tuning like that. It confuses the harp and it doesn’t stay in tune well when you want it to (besides being a huge hassle). It’s important to keep a harp well in tune if you want to be able to play in tune.
Yes, what Catherine said. I used to live in Miami Beach in a location where I hardly ever used the air conditioning and the harp was just fine, and I lived in Phoenix with nothing but an old swamp cooler and the same thing there. People played harps for thousands of years without air conditioning, after all.
>Is it possible to load it straight and then and angle the column toward the passenger seat with the base to the rear left in order to leave adequate leg room for the driver.
While I have the 2007 Matrix, which is a bit different, I would say the answer to this is No. The car is not wide enough to accommodate the neck unless the top of the column is as far to the left as possible, and it’s not long enough unless you angle the harp. You need to angle the base to the right to make it fit.
I certainly can’t speak for anyone else who participated in that thread, but for me, my opinion hasn’t changed one iota since then, so maybe the thread’s not as out of date as you think.
Ian, you might also be interested in this thread about harp notation with finale:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=58194
