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The advantage of buying ‘used’ is that the sound has had time to mature and mellow. If you buy a brand new harp it is difficult to know exactly what it will sounds like 5 or 10 years down the line. Having said that, I wouldn’t buy anything older than about 10 years if I had a choice as you won’t be as likely to have the maintenance problems that older harps inevitably get (you will get them at some point down the line). My current harp is a Salvi Diana which is over 40 years old. I would love to buy one of the new ones with the slightly extended sound boards as I want greater volume than I am currently getting. However, I am planning to wait a few years until they start to come onto the second hand market so I can knock off a few ££££s and will have a better idea of what they will sound like long term.
Some of the most beautiful, mellow, sustained sounding harps are Erards so go figure….
