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When I bought my current car, the salesman made that offer to me. The thing was, I live about 35 miles from the dealer, and I really didn’t want to drive home, load the harp, unload the harp and drive back all within 3 hours’ time. What I did was measure the length of the back of my Subaru and then measure the length of the back of the Element I was considering. The Element had a couple more inches, so I knew it would work, and it does.
I was told a concert grand will not fit into a CRV. I’m not sure an 85P is any shorter than a full concert grand harp….probably is…..but the CRV doesn’t have too much space in the back compared to some other cars used commonly to haul harps.
Briggsie
I have played several 23’s and am not too impressed…..but there must be a wonderful one or two out there somewhere. 🙂 Seriously, they are big harps, but the ones I have played haven’t sounded “even” across the octaves for my taste or had particularly lovely tones. Camac harps — in the US it isn’t hard to find technicians. Yes, you can “regulate” the length of the pedal cables by yourself, but I still have my Athena regulated yearly by Tom Bell. He checks over everything on the harp.
Briggsie
He sure is. I took a screen shot of it and flipped it so that it was the opposite direction. The harp shows on his right shoulder but is backwards with the tuning pegs on the wrong side…..so he IS playing it on the opposite shoulder from normal. Weird!
Briggsie
I believe they played just outside the exhibit hall and also inside the exhibit hall at the AHS Detroit last summer. If so, they were quite good.
Briggsie
I don’t want to wrap anything on my ring. I just slip it off and put it in my pocket and put it on again when done. It’s not the slipping thing….it’s the horrible buzzing thing. And I also can’t stand a watch, Andy. I’m with you on that. I can’t stand any jewelry at all …..even earrings and necklace bug me because I don’t want to think about anything except me and the harp as one. 🙂
Briggsie
Even my simple gold band gets in the way when I am doing a muffle on the strings….bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It’s awful. I have to remember to take it off. My harp teacher wears her wedding band on her right hand. Most Europeans do that anyway, so it doesn’t really make any difference and it’s easier to play….and she plays all the time.
Briggsie
Jennifer,
Are you anywhere near Owego, NY? Meredith Bocek has some Webster harps you could try….Webster Harps
Lookie!
Briggsie
Kay,
Correct liturgy in the Catholic faith still disallows “show tunes” during a wedding ceremony. Sometimes things slip through because it is “only” the processional or recessional, but technically it is still not supposed to happen. Yet, each parish seems to do their own thing these days. Twirling bridesmaids is truly “beyond the pale” to me.
Briggsie
That would have been the best….to hear the words as well, although most Catholics (and this was a small Catholic wedding) know the words. I asked them, “Are you SURE you want that for your processional?” The groom seemed to be the one who was the most insistent and emphatic about it. HAHAHAHAHAHA…….
I played it for them. They were really nice people…..but I just found it kind of odd. Generally, that is used for funerals. 🙂
Briggsie
As an organist, “Be Not Afraid.” It just cracked me up.
Another time in an Italian church, they wanted “Theme from the Godfather.” The priest said emphatically “NO!”
Briggsie
Sorry Phoebe. I was responding to the Ford Flex post. I know you can fit harps easily into an Odyssey.
Briggsie
