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Well, personally I would not recommend those, not now. It used to be that there were no other inexpensive choices, but that has changed. In descending order of cost, depending on your budget I would recommend a Dusty Strings Ravenna, something from the Harpsicle tribe, one of the music makers kit harps.
But my real recommendation would be to find a teacher instead. Many teachers have harps they rent quite inexpensively to students and this will give her a chance to find out how much she likes it while playing on a decent instrument without a huge outlay up front.
The Pakistani harps are very cute and I do recommend them, often, to people who just want a harp for a decor object.
It’s made in Pakistan. See this thread for a current discussion about those harps:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message%5fid=239101
If you are going to have lessons, I’d start by finding a teacher. Lots of teachers have harps to rent inexpensively to students and once you’ve been playing a bit you’ll have a better idea of what you want in a harp sound, and whether you even like the sound of any small harp.
There was a very nice pedal harp arrangement that was published in the old Salvi series. I don’t know if it’s still available, but I think you have to buy those as a collection now.
Thanks, Clinton. I know a lot of orchestral harpists who aren’t signed up at gliiss, and it’s great to have this where they can find it.
Hello, Clinton.
Unfortunately, that’s not going to be too helpful for a lot of people, since gliiss.com is an invitation-only website. If you’re not logged in and you don’t have an account, there’s no way at all to see anything posted there.
>Some harpists carry a doormat sized piece of carpet to put under the harp feet when they rest on the ground in loading and unloading.
Yes, I keep a washable bath rug in the car and stand the harp on that when unloading and loading it. Then I can throw it in the washer when it gets too grotty.
…skidding off the dolly or of losing control when laying the harp down as it attempts to skate away on that slick base cover surface, I meant to say.
Yes, you have to be careful. I do wrap up the base once it’s in the car, but I regard the occasional scratch as preferable to the likelihood (high, in my case) of the harp skidding of the dolly altogether.
Ultimately, you can have a working harp or a pristine harp, no matter how careful you are. If you gig on it, it will pick up the occasional ding or scratch. That’s just life.
I never use the base cover myself, not even for my gold harps, since it does make them very slippery on the carrier.
