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Eons later, interested parties (me anc me!) want to know: what did you decide upon?
I listened to Edie Elkan play the Marie 23 at the 2011 Somerset, and the sound was lovely. I’m in the market for a therapy harp, and am considering the Lewis Creek Jessie (a friend has one) and the Marie 23.
And just for its beauty, I’d love a Caswell Sweetharp….
Very new, already gloriously obsessed harper-to-be here! I’ve had five lessons with the inspiring Cynthia Douglass in Salt Lake City, so that cbcacg…etc….exercise is new to me. Can you point me in the direction to see the fingering and/or the written music?
If cognitive science is correct in estimating 10,000 hours to become an expert, let’s see: if I practice six hours a day for 4.6 years…erhm, maybe eights hours a day so about 3.5 years…
Maybe I’ll just stick to not having my eyes cross as my fingers stumble over chords.
Cheers,
KathleenBack from the Big Sky Folk Harp Festival, which was mind-bogglingly awesome.
Before my husband and I left (Park City to Big Sky, about a seven-hour drive), I took my first lesson the day before (Tuesday). I stopped off at L&H and bought the 2nd string that broke, so she had two to replace, which she did with no problem. Must have been me, though Cynthia’s method looked like what I’d been doing.
Hi, Tacye,
My knot and toggle vanished into the ether each time, so I am not sure just where at the soundboard each broke.
I just felt around in the bottom of the soundbox, and fished out four toggles with the bit of string around them. None were my two.
One is 2nd Octave C, No. 10. Out of curiosity, I scrutinized this C bit under a magnifying glass; looks like the string fatigued and stretched right above the knot.
Interestingly, with this remnant and others, the string wraps each toggle at least a couple times. I must be misunderstanding the L&H instructions, which look like only one wrap around the toggle–what I had done. I’ll practice the Sylvia Woods knot, which looks more like the technique of whoever used this harp before me. I’ll try to capture the knot bit if it breaks again on my next try to see if it’s the harp or me. I kinda think it’s me.
Fortunately, I didn’t cut the E string, so I still have enough to try again, plus practice on the mangled bit first. Yes, I noticed that the string suffers fatigue with any bending. Whew, I hope I learn this soon. Not just the cost of the strings, but it’s a 45-mile round trip to buy them.
Cheers…
