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Thanks Allison. I appreciate it and will definitely email you if I go to the UK to buy a harp. I won’t buy the Salvi in any case. For now I will have to see about taking some lessons, even though it would be nice to have a harp here at home to practice on now.
Well, thanks for all the help. I will write again to give an update. Maybe I have more questions later. Thanks again 🙂
-Eddie
The harp is 9 years old so it seems a bit pricy. He mentions that the price was 32.000 kr. ($5900) from new which is more than it says on Livia’s homepage. I guess it’s cheaper in the States but it only says that it wasn’t bought in Denmark.
Thanks, and happy holidays to all of you!
That’s good advice. Even though the prices for lessons are pretty high in town, you’re probably right. I suppose I will contact the music school and then worry about buying a harp later. I also thought about making my own harp. I’m an architect and love to build stuff. I have access to a really nice workshop, so maybe that could be a fun project. Well, first things first 🙂
Thanks for the help. It’s good to have some options when buying a harp. Lyon & Healy also have used harps I see.
The used harp from this individual who lives somewhere near Copenhagen, is a beautiful Salvi Livia with 36 strings:
http://www.dba.dk/keltisk-harpe-lever-harp/id-1004903741/
It costs 19.500 kr. which is roughly $3600 or 2600€. It would be a lot easier to buy this harp since it is here in Denmark and I could try it out beforehand, but the price is still pretty high for my taste. What do you think of it?
I’m located in Aarhus (3 hour trip to Copenhagen) so the harper/harpist in Aarhus I already talked to would be the one to have as a teacher. It should be possible to rent a harp from the music school where he teaches if I decide to take harp lessons. I gather that you recommend taking lessons instead of teaching myself to play? I taught myself to play guitar and just started to play piano, but these instuments are a lot cheaper than a good harp. Nonetheless, teaching myself through video lessons and other tutorials has been working fine. Have any of you been teaching yourselves to play the harp?
-Eddie
