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edith-zonneveldMember
I am not a professional harpist and I only started to compose/arrange for a few months.
It is hard to find good recources (books/advice) on this item. So for me it would be great to have a topic arranging/composing for the harp.edith-zonneveldMemberI have had a Chicago Petit for 2,5 years. It was a wonderful harp; big and warm sound and not so big. There was only one aspect I did not like: the smaller space between the pedals. When I played with pedals it was always a problem taking lessons on harps with a wider spacing than my harp at home. That is the main reason I bought I Concertino in december 2012.
There is not so much difference between the sound of the Petit and the Concertino. The Petit has great sound for its size. But playing on a harp with “normal” pedal spacing makes it worthwile to buy the Concertino. Then you have 47 string in stead of 40 too. I hope to play La Source (Hasselmans) in the future and now I can do that without limitations. Here in Europe there is no bounty program because of the tax. So I had to pay several thousands of Euros extra to get te Concertino. I have not regret it for a moment.
Good luck with your choice!
August 4, 2012 at 8:30 pm in reply to: I love the sound of the harp, but will a beginner’s harp still sound lovely? #69398edith-zonneveldMemberBella, have you seen my response no. 13? I’ve posted my message just one minute before yours, so maybe you have missed it.
When you look at
August 4, 2012 at 5:28 pm in reply to: I love the sound of the harp, but will a beginner’s harp still sound lovely? #69396edith-zonneveldMemberBella, I don’t know where you live in the UK, but there are several harp resellers in the Netherlands and Belgium.
These resellers sell Lyon & Healy, Salvi, Dusty Strings, Teifi and others. For Lyon & Healy there are resellers in the north of Holland and in Belgium. It’s always the best way to choose a harp you have tried.
August 4, 2012 at 4:37 pm in reply to: I love the sound of the harp, but will a beginner’s harp still sound lovely? #69394edith-zonneveldMemberBella,
What I like about the
August 4, 2012 at 10:23 am in reply to: I love the sound of the harp, but will a beginner’s harp still sound lovely? #69390edith-zonneveldMemberI do like the sound of all the Lyon & Healy lever harps. I have rented a Prelude for 6 month and have played on the Ogden during a workshop. The sound of the Prelude is almost like a pedal harp: very warm and nice. But I have bought a pedal harp (L&H of course) and wanted a lever harp as a second harp for travelling, workshops, etc. Because the Ogden is the smallest lever harp I would buy this one. Finally I have bought the Troubadour because the strings are much longer than the strings of the Ogden. The sound and looks of the harp made me choose for the Troubadour.
This is not really a travel harp but with the harp trolley “harpo” there is no problem moving this harp.
August 3, 2012 at 5:50 pm in reply to: can you use nylon strings when gut are recommended for that model ? #69374edith-zonneveldMemberI like the sound of gut strings, even in the upper octaves.
My both harps (lever and pedal) of Lyon & Healing both are only strung with gut strings (and wire for the lower octaves).
I’m very happy with these strings and they don’t break more often that nylon strings.
So you can make the choice for yourself which type of strings you like.
edith-zonneveldMemberIt’s almost 2 years ago Luanne has asked this question. I have a Chicago Petit for 2 years now. I love the sound, size, weight of it, but I don’t like the narrow pedal spacing. That’s why I am considering to buy a Chicago
January 11, 2012 at 4:22 pm in reply to: New harpcolumn.com features — questions or problems here please! #104620edith-zonneveldMemberHello Hugh,
Thank you; it works very well.
January 10, 2012 at 10:10 pm in reply to: New harpcolumn.com features — questions or problems here please! #104617edith-zonneveldMemberThank you for the great job to have an online version too.
I would like to have this
edith-zonneveldMemberThank you for all the (different) responses.
I have had a few lessons in Belgium now and I have learned many new things. I am comfortable with my – very good – harp teachers and I learn a lot of them.
In Belgium the government supports music (and art) schools financially. That’s why you only pay 164 Euros for a year (19 hours of harp lessons). In the Netherlands you have to pay it all by yourself (1000 – 1300 Euros for the same amount of harp lessons). The harp-ensemble lessons are not expensive there (about 170 Euros a year / 19 x 1 hour and
edith-zonneveldMemberI’s the book “Learn how to play blues on your harp” from I. Mac Perry.
edith-zonneveldMemberHi Tacey,
So you say the way of playing silk core wire is different from the metal strings?
I am from the Netherlands living in Belgium. There is a harp builder in the Netherlands who sells silk core wires. He told me there is a woman in the U.K. who makes these wires. The price is about 17 Euro per string. So it will be more than 100 Euro changing the bass wires and I don’t know the result of it.
That’s why I would like to know if there is someone who has done this before.
If you know where I can buy these strings or know a website with more information, please tell me.
edith-zonneveldMemberTrista, thanks for sending this information. My harp teacher and I have sent the form and we hope we can join the blues harp research team together.
Adam, thank you for these 2 keys. I shall look at these too.
Jessica, I think it’s a nice book with lots of information. For me it’s great I can discuss and try things with the help of my teacher. Please let me know if you have problems reading this book and playing the blues. Together we must have – or find – the answers!
edith-zonneveldMemberI would like to have a copy of this article. Please tell me how I can get (or buy) it.
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