[Henry Jephson]

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful….. thoughts

I totally hear you all over playing the instrument yourself, however,due to health problems, it sadly won’t be possible in this case. One of her best friends is at Guildhall music college in London (she is a musical whizz kid!!), so is looking for advice and second hand harps there.

I have been looking into the renting thing, however it does concern me long term. This is a collective effort, and it’s easy to ask people to give £20 on a one off basis, slightly harder to ask for money each month. Also, the only real reason to do a rent to buy scheme would be if the harp was out of my price range… We are both struggling artists, and the £40 a month for the next 2 – 3 years might get a little tiring. I would much rather gather what we can, perhaps borrow money of my folks if REALLY necessary, and just buy one outright.

I love the phrasing though Deb L “the dream isn’t about owning a harp, it’s about playing one” very true, although, I suppose the nightmare would be not keeping up repayments, and having the dream taken away

I love the look of the two second hand ones mentioned and will keep a keen eye on the ebay lot, I love the heart shaped hole (how easily swayed I am , and on the audio/video of them they both sound wonderful. I have also spotted these ones (I hope it’s OK to post links);

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130400344711&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

http://www.morleyharps.co.uk/acatalog/Therapy_20_Price.html

http://www.telynau-greville-harps.co.uk/2.html

Thank you all so much for you help, 

Henry

[Henry Jephson]

Thank you for your reply Deb, 

A kit is a really nice idea, however, whilst I am not a total goombah when is comes to building things, I just wouldn’t trust myself to do it to any sort of a quality finish Again, the rental idea is a good one, sadly, however sensible an idea it is, I am one of those silly, irrational people who just wants to own it :-b

Please forgive my ignorance of all things musical, but would the number of octaves below C refer to the number of strings? 

Also, one of the harps I was looking at has levers on C an F, is that good? And can more levers be added?

Thank you again,

Henry

 

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