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How about the Ravel pavane? My part was two pages but there were a lot of rests. I think it’s a great piece for people who haven’t played with orchestras very often because it teaches you to count and at the end there’s this nice section where you are kind of leading the orchestra.
If the stains are now gone, it should be fine. Never use ethanol or similar products on blood stains, that will cause the proteins in the blood to precipitate and cause stains that are almost impossible to remove.
I don’t know if harp strings can handle soap, but in case there is still some visible staining, gently rubbing it with a cloth with a tiny amount of green soap may help. (first wet the cloth, then add some green soap, rinse it with lukewarm water so that most of the soap is gone, then wring it so it’s damp instead of dripping wet). That usually works on clothing / surfaces with older blood stains.
I also live outside of the US. I get most of my music (folk, classical) through a local harp store – I’ll look the first pages up on the internet and when I visit the store every once in a while (two hours of travel) I’ll buy several books at once. For pedal harp music that the harp store doesn’t stock I go to a large classical music store in Utrecht or Amsterdam; they provide music for conservatory students so they’ve got a lot.
Incidentally I order stuff online or digitally, but I prefer being able to look at the books IRL. And some books are hard to get due to high shipping costs, I guess I’ll have to wait until I visit the US…
