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Speaking of Heartland Harps, it looks as if they have discontinued the Dreamweaver? It’s disappeared from their website.
Bill Webster’s site should be upgraded. He doesn’t tell you such things as that a harp can be had in ebony finish or shorter than 69″ for the neoclassical types; you’re left to find out such things elsewhere. I really think his prices are pretty reasonable (unless they’ve changed too), and I would have seriously considered either the 18th Century or the Laurel Leaf if they hadn’t been so overwhelmingly tall for a lever harp. (Good Lord! Do you have jump out of your chair to move a lever?) It would be nice to have samples of the sound too.
Did some more research in the meantime and found Troubadour I’s going from everything to $799 (Bernunzio) to $1,500 (Atlanta Harp Center). The latter price seems very steep to me; perhaps they did a lot of work to put it into salable condition? Bernunzio is more of a guitar place and their claims that the harp is in excellent condition–well, they probably wouldn’t know.
Your Troubadour (3842-C) is a little newer than mine (3585-C); I’m guessing late ’70s or so. The Troubadour actually goes back to the early ’60s, and the earliest ones had hooks rather than levers and had only 31 strings.
As for a fair price for your particular harp, it would take an examination by a harp technician or experienced player to tell you. Regarding where to sell it, google “used harps” and you’ll get a number of places. If you offer it without the examination I mentioned, then you’d do best to keep your price on the low end.
Just can’t decide whether that or the 18th century is more beautiful. They’re both stunning. Congratulations! Repot back as soon as you have it and have played it for several hours.
I’ve seen Troubadour I’s listed at $900-$1,000, but that’s assuming they’re in great condition. For example, have the levers been regulated? If not, they may not give a true semitone. I have one myself and it was just regulated and restrung. What a difference!
Occasionally players of other plucked string instruments, such as the guitar, will use colorless nail polish to strengthen their nails, but then they use their nails in playing, which isn’t the case for most harpists, except for players of ancient Celtic and Central or South American harps. Saul is right, colored nails look distracting.
Visited YouTube and listened to a few of her videos. Those who say her singing smacks of the Appalachian are IMHO dead wrong. Childlike, yes. And those who say that her voice was changing by the time of “Emily,” I agree.
That pile of books sounds familiar! It’s part of the reason for the binder. I’ve had music stands fall over from the weight.
