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I third Lorena McKennitt. Among other things, she plays the same old Troubadour I play. Also, I’d like to see an article on Celso Duarte (Senior). Also, a wire-strung harper.
That particular mahogany finish has an unpleasant purplish tone, like Victorian furniture. I’d go for walnut or ebony if you have the option,
Jerusha, you’re not the only Luddite around. A web friend calls me a “technotarda.” OTOH I know umpteen languages and lots of other stuff, which the kids conversant with the ways of the web don’t.
33 strings, which is what the Grand Harpsicle has, is just about right; that’s what I have on my (much larger) Troubadour I.
I prefer copper Cs and Fs unless they’ve gotten grungy, which makes them hard to distinguish from the “silver.” And incidentally, a harp technician told me they have a superior tone.
I had the original “dinosaur” levers adjusted on my Troubadour I and that helped. Sharp edges filed too–those levers are apt to chew up strings and spit them out. The gent who did the work is from the Midwest though.
