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Thank you for the response, Wil, Biago, and Harpist.
First things first, I’m really not trained musically so I am unable to describe verbally if a sound is bright or warm or anything. I just know that I like how the Ravenna 34, Boulevard, Ogden sounded. I actually just listened to a Salvi Una, and the Merlin, I really liked how they sounded as well.
As to how important playing celtic music to me is… I don’t really have a preference over it than over classical. I mainly just narrowed my choices because of how the harp sounded like and the string tension of the harp to help me build strength to use a pedal when I do end up switching to one(and maybe a bit of how pretty they looked).
I have not located any teachers yet, and tbh I’m not even sure how plausible it is for me to get one since the nearest one from my home would require me to drive close to 90 minutes away. I have considered doing online lessons though…. not sure if that’s a good idea.
As for harp dealers, I am approximately an hour away from Virginia Harp Center and I am going to drop by there on Thursday or this weekend to actually check out some harps in person and just to see how they feel and how they actually sound like in person, and if they resonate with me. I have also considered renting, but most renters require to check your credit history… but the thing is, I just moved to the US recently so I have no actual credit history yet. If I do end up getting and Ogden then the bounty program that Harpist mentioned will help me greatly in the future. Also on a different tangent. I probably have to get it delivered to me since I’m not sure if a 34-38 strings harp can fit on a civic-
Sadly I have atrocious wood working skills and it takes me a long time to even set up IKEA furnitures LOL!
Hopefully my visit to the harp center will help me choose which harp to get.( or make it harder haha)
