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A lot of people move on to pedal harp because their skills advance and they want to play more complex music. Here’s to all
Thanks, Kay, for the info. My mother-in-law was in a nursing home and I often thought I’d like to do something for the people there. I’m working up a repertoire with a similar mix and hope to volunteer in the next year. It’s so helpful to hear what others are playing and how people respond.
Sam, it’s eighteen inches from side to side and about seven and three quarter inches from back to front. What Sidney said about the tipping thing is true, but I guess you can avoid
I had a harp that was breaking strings at the same eyelet and Atlanta Harp Center sent me an abrasive cord that took care of the problem. On the package it says it removes “burrs from eyelets, bridge pins and tuning pin holes”.
I was really interested in this harp when I first heard about it and corresponded briefly with Hugh Jones. He said that while exhibiting at the World Harp Congress in Amsterdam in 2008, he was struck by watching an eleven year old boy playing a full sized pedal harp with blocks on the pedals which he could not easily reach. The harp was too heavy and the strings too stiff for a child and he worried about what sort of troubles the child might have later from playing this way. So he decided to build a very small and light instrument that could be played by either a child or an adult. The double action pedal harp he described building has 36 strings with slightly narrower string spacing, similar to a lever harp. The bass strings from 5th octave E are fibre core with a metal wrap so it takes less effort to play them.
So true, Amber. There are a lot of children (and adults) who don’t respond positively to rigid lesson plans and an authoritarian teaching style.
I’ve had a Thormahlen Serenade for a little over three years now and am really happy with it. The tone is
You could ask Howard Bryan, http://www.hbryan.com
This page on his site, http://www.hbryan.com/soundboards/soundboards.html
I had a similar problem and tried tightening the bolts at the base of the column, got a kit and did my best to regulate the levers, etc. I talked several times to the harp maker, who was very helpful. In the end, though, I found the answer here on the Harp Column. Someone on a previous thread mentioned that having mechanical pencils on your music stand could cause buzzing. Hard to believe, but that’s what it was. I took the pencil off my stand and haven’t had a buzz since!
