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My question is more about humidification. The humidity here in Colorado can’t decide what it wants to do. I run an evaporative humidifier all winter, setting a bowl of water at the foot of the harp when not at home (it’s the thought that counts.) My analog hygrometer has fluctuated over the past few days,just barely over the line into “comfort zone,” and the digital one says 22%. 26% is about as high as that one ever reads, even when inside the cello case with an Oasis humidifier.
Not sure what to do, especially with snow forecast. I’ve been told not to allow large swings in humidity. Go back to running the humidifier? Put out more bowls of water?
>> You can unwind it, pull it taut through the hole, and wind it up again. You may need >>to do it more than once over several days.
Huh. I wouldn’t have thought to do that.
>>Always avoid having the string wound up against the neck because it will act as a force >>pulling the tuning pin tighter into the neck
I hadn’t thought of that, either, but figured that the more wraps there are, the more downward force there is on the pin.
I just bought a used Merlin and need info for an insurance appraisal. Anyone have Rick Rubarth’s contact info? Seems the seller bought it directly from him.
I’m going on vacation in a few days. My cheap hydrometer shows above-average humidity and I’ve noticed that the wires have been going sharp. Should I loosen them a little before I leave?
Until I started with the pedal harp, I wouldn’t have imagined how much of a difference in sound there was among the keys. Even C major is missing a little something.
I once wrote an arrangement for chorus and harp and started it in Ab minor, not just for the perversity of 7 flats but because I at least knew that all the strings would be at maximum length. “Look at all those flats!” singers said–as if it mattered to voices. It sure does with violins and the like, so thanks awfully, Signor Puccini, for writing almost every aria in Gb.
I have a pedal harp, but was wondering whether there was any reason to get the lever version instead. Can’t think of one, but what do I know?
So I’ve read. I haven’t even decided whether I want to pursue the HD and already the mission creep has started…Someone listed his used Masterworks Ultralight (it looks like) on Craig’s List: $1500. That’s the price of a new one, and while I’m not in a hurry to spend that much, it’s not out of the question. The real question is: how well do HDs age? I believe his is 20 years old.
Just saw Songbird on dickinsondulcimer.com. I rented a Russell Cook model from Denver Folklore and have been trying it out. I noticed that it’s in a way like a lever harp: good for sharp keys, but maybe not fully chromatic.
Yeah, my Triplett harp has a long sustain…As for the Masterworks, I didn’t have anything to compare it against. Not sure I’d want a dry sound. Luckily, there’s no hurry, so I can check out alternatives.
It might be pronounced Pattuck in the Auld Sod.
Forgot about Ft. Collins (and even Boulder). Then again, if I’m going to haul all the way to FC, might as well hit my coffee place in Cheyenne…
I hadn’t thought about ensembles. Long ago, I considered renting a HD, but the rental contract was so long and full of “You breathe on it, you buy it” type stuff that I walked out of the store empty-handed. I then forgot about the HD until I saw the aforementioned friend’s instrument.
Who in Denverland rents/sells them? Just Denver Folklore? I’ve wondered about the whole Denver pro scene, as in where Colorado Symphony players get their instros serviced. None of the music shops I know (Kolacny, CIOMIT, and Flesher-Hinton) would handle pro instruments, I’m guessing.
