[Eric Mason]

Thanks Charles and Biago, I need this type of advice, because when I begin a new hobby or passion I tend to get hot and heavy over it before swinging for the fences. Perhaps I’ll go back to the drawing board and try to rent one.

As far as trying out a lot of harps, I live up in Northern Michigan, and am unaware of any harp shops nearby. There is the Michigan Harp Center downstate though and I could sacrifice a weekend and start there.

But for my backup plan, I’m not super worried about resell value, because there’s a lady I know who’s wanted to play harp a long time, and I wouldn’t feel bad doing a rental to own for her for a bargain price if it doesn’t work out for me.

I’ll have to check on the ease of acquiring replacement parts and strings, though Lyon and Healy isn’t too far away (that’s where the Salvis are being shipped from). Also, the cost of silk gut copper strings is a factor I’ll need to take into further consideration.

As for the harps you recommend Biago, the Dusty FH36 is above the price range that I’m currently considering, but the others are new to me, so I’ll do some research on them as well!

The harps I’ve been giving the most consideration to have been in the 2-3.5k price range, and that’s sort of why I thought the Una appears to be such a good deal at 15% off, but Charles is makes a fair point, and maybe I should take some more time and find a way to try some of them out in person.

Do harpmakers routinely have discounts once or twice a year generally? Or is it fairly rare?

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