[mark-glor]

Thank you very much for the responses.
About the string colors: in the harp’s current tuning, the G strings are red and C strings are blue, which seems to suggest that this tuning was ad hoc rather than constructed this way from the start.

The (current) low D is indeed below middle C. Thank you for the warning about tuning pegs (wasn’t aware they screw in/out when tuning up/down) – they are currently protruding outward somewhat farther than average with the screw-in portions a bit visible, which explains it; looks like there would be plenty of room for them to be screwed further in.

Re: Dorian mode, I may have misapplied the term. Yep, all the notes are naturals and the tuning is in C major, but starting from the bottom string and moving up, the strings go in the order of D E F G A B C D, etc. According to Stoney End Eve official specs, however, the default standard tuning for it should be (starting from the bottom string and going up) G A B C D E F G, etc – which would then follow the color pattern of marking Cs as red strings and Fs as blue strings. This first C (fourth string from the bottom) is then the “middle C.”

Perhaps the most sensible thing would be to have a set of replacement strings already on hand before attempting any ‘harp tuning surgery’, and contacting Stoney End as to whether the soundboard might be at any risk would not be amiss…

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