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I have an old Erard too. The value depends, among other things, on cosmetic and acoustic condition. Good luck!
By now you’ve probably discovered that the harp is a good sight more versatile than you thought, yes?
But I would think that the Harpsicle is kind of limited as an ONLY harp. It also, being a lap harp, tends to slide all over your lap, even with one of those bars.
Guitar, harp and banjo, in that order. Also fool with a bowed psaltery when I’m on vacation and don’t have room to schlep anything bigger.
Just remembered–you’re in SC. Heartland Harps is in NC. Make an appointment and visit them. They’re nice folks.
When my daughter was young, I read her lots of Russian fairy tales. To this day–she’s now in her thirties–when things go wrong, she quotes “Mornings are wiser than evenings” at me, meaning essentially that tomorrow is indeed another day.
Folk and classical, especially Renaissance and Baroque–some of that I play both on guitar and on harp–and anything I particularly like that doesn’t fall into any particular category. Various kinds of ethnic music–Yiddish, Greek, Portuguese, Scottish–that might be described as folklike. I’m gonna try Klezmer on harp, why not? And blues.
Tell the truth, I didn’t have anything specific like Irish in mind when I started to play the harp. I just wanted to play it and had wanted to for many years. My trio was going to be guitar, lute and harp, but I turned out playing guitar, harp and banjo instead.
I like the sound of their wooden harps better, but the light weight is a big plus, and so is the fact that you can leave them in the car without stressing them out. They are also very handsome, by which I mean the largest model.
Check with the person selling you the harp or with the maker, if that is not the same person. Other than that you might have a hard time finding instructional materials for such an arcane instrument. Also check out YouTube: there are several videos featuring the kinnor. Watch them and/or e-mail the performers for advice.
Saul, if you can have guitar-string pasta (alla chitarra), then why not harp-string pasta? I have a guitar-string cheese-cutting device.
I got to try the Ravenna and thought it had a pretty good sound. The only thing I objected to was that you had to either stick it up on something or shoot out a thingy to turn it into the equivalent of a floor harp. I also didn’t like the look of blond wood combined with a black body, but it also comes in all-black, dark-green, or dark-red finish. Which cost more; nevertheless, good value.
