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Hi Balfour,
I am! And yes still enjoying it. Now that we have the pedal harp we think it is a little funny how my harp looks small now.Hi. It has been awhile and just wanted to update you all on where we landed. We bought a Lyon & Healy 85CG in natural direct from Lyon & Healy in Chicago. L&H was fantastic!!! We had many Zoom meetings with L&H, our daughter’s teacher, and our family. We compared lots of harps. It may sound crazy to buy a harp virtually but it worked out for us. My daughter’s harp teacher in Seattle actually runs in the same professional and friend circles with our L&H rep so there was a lot of trust as a foundation for this purchase. Our daughter is happy. The sound is gorgeous. Biggest purchase we’ve ever made virtually. The hardest part was waiting for the temperature to warm up to safely ship the harp. Thanks everyone for your help.
Hi Biagio and Balfour,
Thanks for your notes and the potential lead. We haven’t bought a harp yet and anticipate it might take a couple more months (after the holidays). It would have been amazing if we could have pulled it off for Christmas but it is such a big purchase that we are taking some more time. Right now we have a call into an L&H harp technician who served our area and hope to hear back from her to get some advice for our search and any potential leads since she sees all sorts of pedal harps.But in other exciting news….my daughter, husband and I went to Dusty Strings yesterday to get a harp so I could take lessons because I have been so inspired watching my daughter’s growth. Last week I talked to my daughter’s teacher about being nervous about picking up a new skill and seeing if it would be realistic to learn at my age (I am in my 40s and last time I read music I was 15 playing the clarinet in junior high school band). She assured me she has had successful students older than me with similar or zero music background. My first lesson is on Sunday and I will be playing on an FH36S in Walnut. My daughter is trying to help me with my hand position before my first lesson…she tells me my hand position makes her cringe. Fingers crossed that I fix that soon.
Balfour,
Our daughter’s lever harp is a Dusty Strings FH36S in Maple. She loves it. (It is a rental though). So we won’t be able to keep her exact lever harp. But we had so much fun going to Dusty Strings and would love to go to L&H for the pedal. Thanks so much.
KarenHi Balfour and Carol Lynn,
Thank you for your experience. It is greatly appreciated. My daughter’s harp teacher has suggested it is time for a pedal harp and that we would be fine with a semi-grand but we might consider a concert grand if the right harp/price comes along. Our harp teacher has advised a 46-47 string pedal harp from one of these makers: (1) Lyon & Healy, (2) Salvi, and (3) Camac. Our daughter is currently 5’3” with really long arms and growing (but as her parents we aren’t very tall so I wouldn’t be surprised if she stops growing at the 5’7” mark).I have started with researching Lyon & Healy first and know I am naturally biased towards it because my husband is from Chicago and we visit his parents in Chicago often (before COVID) so I like the idea of a harp from Chicago and know we would someday get to visit their showroom. Also my daughter’s harp teacher plays the L&H Style 23 and it is the brand she tends to favor…although again she advised us that all three brands are great.
So L&H is a maker we will likely check out first but would like to actually check out the comparison models of Salvi and Camac. That is really helpful to hear your experience with Camac Atlantide Prestige. Thank you.
