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Curly,
I almost hate to say this, but it sounds just like the way my Mom was
in early stage Alzheimer’s. She was in her early 60’s at the time, but
I understand that it can begin as early as one’s twenties. I hope I am
wrong! Both my mother and grandmother suffered with it and every time I
forget something this little nagging though creeps in – what if?You may be doing him a great favor by feeding him, but that may not be all he needs.
This link was posted once before, but may merit a repeat. Hope it helps!
http://www.thorharp.com/pages/string_tying.htmLeigh
BIG Oops! I’m going down on the 19th and be there the 20th, not the 18th and 19th as previously stated!
Sorry for any confusion!
LeighI brought this thread to the top so that Sherry could see how this
weebly body copes with a lap harp. I stitched a piece of the non-skid
stuff to the top of my cloth bucket cover. I am also very short (4′
11″) and a standard metal folding chair is a little bit high for me,
but I make do.Hope this helps,
…and the cat’s name is Play and the dog’s name is Uh oh. (Why not, I have a friend who’s cat is named Oops)!
Leigh
I have an old book about Wales which mentions forbidding a school for
the blind in North Wales from ‘giving every blind boy a harp’. It seems
they felt overrun with blind harpers begging by the roadside.
LeighHi Becky,
My first (and only, so far) harp is a 22 string Stoney End Eve. I had
limited funds (still do!) and it was something I could afford. I am
right handed and originally held the pillar with my left hand and
played with my right. I will admit right up front that I am overweight
and have an “ample bosom”. If I don’t hold it some, it bounces! That
said, when I joined the local ensemble, I rigged a rattan wastebasket
turned upside down to set my harp on. After a few years the basket gave
out and I switched to a 6 gallon plastic bucket for which I made a
fabric cover.…a woman who wanted me to rent one of them to her (half way across the
country) for a month and then let her decide if she wanted to buy it or
not.“Okay, so this is one woman out of how many amateurs? As far as amateurs
being more ‘finicky’ on sound, might it be that many are still getting
used to the idea that no two harps sound exactly alike? It is hard to
decide what you like when each one sounds different. My major criteria
for my next harp: 1. I have to be able to lift and load it into my car
by myself. 2. I have to be able to reach all the strings. 3. Not too
muddy, not too plinky and enough volume to not get lost in the
ensemble. 4. Good workmanship. I’ve seen too many harps where joints
didn’t match up well, etc. Is this being ‘finicky’? I think it is being
practical.Yes, there are impossible people out there. I once had a woman contact
me about a wall hanging. She wanted a 2 1/2 foot by 3 foot custom
landscape quilted wallhanging. She wanted that because the man she had
talked with about a diorama had wanted $3,000.00 for what she wanted
which she said was way more than it was worth. When I told her what I
would have to do and what I would have to charge (around $800.00), she
never called back. The woman had no idea what time committments and
materials costs artists have. My point is, the pigeon hole should be
“impossible people” not “amateurs”.My two cents,
Leigh
