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Yes, those do seem expensive, especially the bass. On the other hand, you can find carbon fiber guitars for $1,500. At this point, I still prefer the sound of my wood harps, but it’s interesting to watch the innovations that come along.

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I have to wonder how long it will be before someone else starts making carbon fiber lever harps, which might affect their price.

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Diana, I use just a bit of baby powder on my fingertips and the squeaks disappear.

Sherry, thanks for telling us about Nexcare. Amazing stuff!

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I’ll follow up on this in case it might help someone else. I was looking for an auxilliary mic for my iPad because I want to use it for taking Skype lessons. The mic that comes in the iPad doesn’t sound that great and I was sure there had to be a better option.

I went to our local PeachMac store today thinking I might be able to get a Yeti mic to work with it somehow, since musicians seem to like it and Skype says it works well with their program. But the tech guy in the store couldn’t figure out a way to get it to work, so I ended up with an iRig Mic.

It works fine with Skype and is a big improvement on the mic that comes in the iPad– and it was very reasonable price-wise. The only drawback is that you have to wear the Apple earbuds with it, but it’s worth it for the sound.

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I’ll second what Brook said. I recently

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How about “The Minstrel’s Adieu To His Native Land” by John Thomas? It’s available in an arrangement for lever harp from Adlais Music Publishers in Wales.

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Jerusha, I’ve been

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Deb, as long as you’re looking at the Atlanta Harp Center, there’s an ebony Chicago 40 that’s really lovely to play if it’s the same one I tried a while back. If you get a

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I sold mine and have no regrets. Having played

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Thanks for the link to this, Lisa. Very inventive! I just wish I could have seen more of the harp–

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Yes…but I like the

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If we’re talking about “dream” harps, I’ll have to include mine because

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I’ve played both lever and pedal harp in my short years of study. Like you, I’m “beginning in the middle”, coming to the harp later in life following a piano background. I had a Salvi Arion pedal harp which I sold because I preferred the sound, size and weight of my Thormahlen Serenade lever harp. Now I’m thinking that I may eventually want another pedal harp — harp lust gets us all eventually. Hope you have as much fun playing and studying the harp as many on this forum do. It’s a great place to be with

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You’re welcome, Sheila! I’m also inspired by the videos of him performing, especially the one titled, “Josh Layne performs Grandjany’s cadenza- Handel Harp Concerto” http://youtube.com/user/JoshLayne77#p/a/f/2/3VLDpztb7VU

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Hi, Sheila;

There are some

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