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I don’t have experience with the Brittany, but I do have an Eve. I love
it and it has great sound for its size. the only thing is that the
string spacing is much narrower than pedal harp spacing. It is also
much lighter in tension. I just pulled out my Eve (after playing only
my new Triplett 34 string for two weeks) and the strings felt very close together! I don’t know if there is a lap harp with wider spacing or not.Anyone know what the string spacing id like on other lap harps?
Don’t know if this helps,
LeighI suspect that, as we are such a low population area, we are not even ‘on the radar’ so to speak.
Leigh
Even more than Houlton? Let’s see, greater Houlton area – 9500 people, 32 churches. (Sixteen of those in town).
I’m a great one for not recognizing famous people. I was visiting my
sister once in western Mass and we decided to go to a craft fair at
which a potter friend of hers had a booth. We were talking with the
woman, whom I had met before and bought some yarn from, and she
introduced me to her sister-in-law. We chatted about parenthood (we
both had very young sons at the time) and I admired her son’s artwork
which was displayed in the booth. After a bit we moved on to see other
booths and my sister asked if I recognized the woman I had been
chatting with. I said something like, “I don’t think I’ve met her
before”. My sister said, “No, but did you recognize
her?” Being dense, I asked how I could recognize someone I had never
met? By now she was exasperated with me (knowing I am an avid Star Trek
fan) and said, “That was Gates McFadden, you
know, Dr. Crusher?” At that point, my husband piped up with, “I just
thought she was a skinny blonde in jeans and a baseball cap.” He’s so
diplomatic at times – not.I have to have people talk to my left ear, as a result of an ear
infection my first year of college. A benefit I found with playing the
harp is that if I rest my right ear on the harp, I can hear it fine
through the bone! It sounds so rich and loud compared to the little bit
I get through the air. I haven’t had a problem with distortion of tone,
unless ICongratulations!
My, so many people with new harps! I’m glad your new 17 didn’t decide
to learn to ‘fly’ after all! Now that it is home safe nad sound, I am
sure you are getting to know each other very well.Enjoy!
Leigh
Hi Nora,
I have an 11 year old 22 string Stoney End ‘Eve’ lap harp and I love it
for all of the reasons Jennifer mentioned. I took it to Arizona (from
Maine) in the overhead bin of the plane (pre-9/11), and my teacher has
been very impressed with the sound. On high parts it cuts through the
rest of the ensemble (up to 13 other harps) and can be heard in the
back of the church. That said, I just bought a new harp that is not a
Stoney End for mainly two reasons. One is number of strings. I can’t
reach the strings on their 34 string model and the next smallest has 29
strings, which I can reach. What I bought is a 34 string Triplett
Sierra of which I can reach all the strings.The other reason is that
Our ensemble occasionally gets asked to do background music. We call
these gigs “paid rehearsals”, because they are almost stress free for
the newer folks and yet get them used to the idea of playing in public.
Of course, no one is forced to participate and there are some who
choose only to play at home and for our own concerts, which I think are
more stressful, because then folks are focused on us and pretty silent.Leigh
Waaaa, I just broke my first string on my new harp! It was the first
time I’ve replaced a wire string. It went pretty well, but I did leave
a tiny circular scratch on the neck from the end of the string. I
thought I had it out of the way, but it swung back and scratched before
I could catch it. It is on now and I managed to tune the rest without
mishap. Whew!Leigh
Hey, Val, You must have been there not many days before we were! I
tried seven different harps to see what would fit best. The Dusty FH32
was the best sounding of the ones that ‘fit’, but it still wasn’t real
comfortable and was just barely within my reach (arm length wise). I
didn’t make any decisons right then, because I was heading to Somerset,
but I wanted to try as many as I could. They were great and, like all
the vendors at the festival, let us video tape the whole thing so that
I could compare later at home.I will also be posting a picture in the not too distant future, but I
ended up getting a Triplett Sierra in walnut with walnut veneer on the
soundboard, Camac levers, case and wheels. I’m in love! A 34 string
that is less of a reach than the FH32 because the top of the box is
tapered more. Yay!Leigh
I’m glad that my first impression was not on the mark, but that doesn’t
make it any less frustrating for you. That reminds me, I have another
hour of working on a quilt before I can go practice. I’m hand-stitching
the binding on the back of a window quilt (now that all the velcro is
on) and it will be a treat to look at something that is more than 5
inches from my nose!Leigh
Ahhhh!!! I get it. Sorry Kathy! Thank-you Barbara!
Leigh (backing away and bowing deeply in extreme embarrassment)!Maple is an
‘actual hardwood’. It is harder than both cherry and walnut, I don’t
know about koa. Of the 13 harps in our ensemble, one is walnut (mine)
one is cherry and the other 11 are maple. Here in Maine we don’t call
it ‘rock maple’ for nothing!Leigh
