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Rachel, There are two Stoney End Lorraine harps listed in the lever harps for sale site here under classifieds. $700 for one or $1200 for both.
Briggsie
Rachel, There are two Stoney End Lorraine harps listed in the lever harps for sale site here under classifieds. $700 for one or $1200 for both.
Briggsie
The bench where I have my lessons (local university) is a nice-looking wooden adjustable harp bench from L&H. It is a wreck, and I think it’s only about 2 years old, if that. It hasn’t gotten that much use either. All squeaky and wobbly, and everytime I sit down on it, I have to tighten the screws. That seems wrong, somehow.
Briggsie
I know David Daniels. I sang under his baton when I won a concerto competition at Oakland University several years ago. It was a pleasant musical experience.
Briggsie
Well particularly for the harp, the only thing I do is stretch out on a gadget that you lie on and it arches your back and relaxes the hips and then I just do floor stretches, but all after I play. Regularly I go to the gym — every other day — and do workouts for my upper body, abs and legs along with cardio mostly so that I can stay healthy, hoist my pedal harp around and continue to walk limberly with advanced arthritis in my hips. So far it’s working just fine.
Briggsie
I do the whole harp one string at a time from the bottom up. I slowly bring each string up to pitch, then I take
I can’t speak for anyone besides myself, of course, but I believe that the reason I make some odd goofs when playing at a lesson isn’t because of the room change or the harp change, but simply because I know that I am being very very carefully observed. This causes me a lot of tension. I have a lot of trouble blowing off the fact that I am being “watched.” And, of course I WANT to be carefully observed…..this is what I am paying for, but all the same, it does cause a lot of tension…..a good thing actually. How much tension will I feel when I am performing? It’s a good thing.
Briggsie
Every harp feels different. I think it’s best not to take your own harp because when you play harp, you often are required to play a harp other than your own. The better you can adapt quickly to a different instrument, the more proficient you will be. I never bring my own harp, but that’s because I don’t play lever harp at my lessons, and I’m sure not going to haul my pedal harp. I usually get a choice when my lessons are being set up as to whether I want to study on the university harp or at my teacher’s house. If possible, I always choose her house. I’d much rather play on her Camac Atlantide than on the schools L&H 100, partly because I own a Camac and am used to the string spacing, and partly because I just like her harp better than any harp I have ever played and love to play it. However, I did play for months and months — and still do at times — on the L&H harp. I kind of like that “switcheroo” thing I have to do when I sit down to that harp.
Briggsie
She lives in Thailand.
I wonder what she ended up with…..would be nice to see the follow-up on this.
Briggsie
Oh brother, here we go again…..and what per se is it in the manufacturing of Camac harps that makes them less in quality than L&H harps, Saul? Is it the fact that they don’t use felts on the pedals which wear out? Or is it that the cables bother you because they are not rods? What???? And what about the tone? Prove it….it’s just YOUR EARS telling you. Mine tell me otherwise. This stupid argument will never end as long as you make silly statements like this. You don’t say YOU find them less, you say they ARE less……
