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I’m late to the party but I had a battleship Aurora from 1976 and it was a joy to go to an Apollo and Iris. The Diana is great, too. Highly recommend changing to Vanderbilt anti-tarnish wire and gut strings. Your harp will sound and play even better. If this is a new harp, use a feltbpick to play little glissando bursts on the upper registers. This will help open the sound board and make the tone even. Enjoy your new harp!
My dear Balfour. I have not been very active here for a while so it gives me great pleasure to once again bring up Cb. Think how you could tune that note so much much better on a phone app than a hand held tuner:) BTW, I can read but chose to shake up the thinking. Times have changed. If you have a cell phone, why not take advantage of the technology. It’s not as though a tuning app will get hacked, nor will it disturb you and certainly won’t waste your time.
Not trying to challenge your not using apps but you might want to reconsider it. Of course, if you have a flip phone, it would not be possible to have apps. My last hand tuner was Korg.
Find repertoire that is easy to play. Better easy and beautiful than difficult and stressed. You may want to check the music of Angi Bemiss, Anne Crosby Gaudet, Sylvia Woods and Frank Voltz. All have good arrangements that are not difficult but musically satisfying. It will take time to build up a repertoire. Totally agree with Balfour above. Also, fine to do repeats. Try a different tempo or change octaves to mix up repeated music.
If I lived in Europe, I would be looking at Camac or Salvi harps. Part of what you are paying with Lyon and Healey is probably shipping and duty. If you compare what the dollar is worth/inflation over time, Lyon and Healey harp prices have been the same for more than 100 years.
Go to http://www.harpcolumnmusic.com. You can download Bluegrass Country Medley by Louise Trotter. https://harpcolumn.com/music/all-music/artists/louise-trotter/bluegrass-country-medley/
A harp will easily fit in any van with plenty of room to spare. I had two Kia vans and liked them both. Trouble free. I bought a 2019 Pacifica because of the ease of stowing the seats. They pop into the floor in seconds. I got tired of lugging seats in and out of my Kia. Van seats do fold up toward the front with room for a harp lying flat.
Check this out. https://youtu.be/Ikd3-8KKmhs
Check out the Shure MV88. $149. Excellent sound quality. Also look at the MV88+ which has all the accessories for video recording. $100 more.
You will get better information joining the forScore User Group on Facebook. Check tutorials on YouTube as well. I have been using an iPad with forScore since 2013.
