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Hiya, I tried a salvi arion. I really loved the full sound and the size was really comfortable. It us still quite heavy even though it is smaller. A minus point for me was that there is not much space for your hand ath the highest strings. I went for a different model in the end but I still sometimes think about it. I hope this helps.
Hiya, I would not worry to much about playing flashy pieces. Pick something that you are really comfortable with. A lot of people have never heard a harp live or even seen one. They will most likely be listening to the sound of your instrument and not much to the difficulty of the piece. Another thing to keep in mind is that depending on the mental state of your audience it might not be a quiet environment to play in. My harp friend regularly plays in a ward for people with dementia and sometimes people talk thought her or start walking around. It might be nice to play some really well known songs maybe even children’s songs. Almost everyone knows them and I’ve found that they often get appreciatet more than the difficult piece that you have worked months on. Break a leg 🙂
(English is not my first language I don’t mean to offend anyone in a retirement home. I apologise if I used the wrong wording. )Hiya, I have tried the Egerie with the extended soundboard. It sounds big. A bit like a bell. The base is very resonant but overall its well balanced. I tried it in comparison with the extended Salvi Daphne and the Lyon&Healy Chicago extended and it blew both of them out of the water.
You may want to consider how you are going to use the harp. I went for the Egerie with the straight soundboard because I will be mostly playing in my small apartment but if you want to play in larger spaces or in an orchestra the extended soundboard will sound lovely.You might have heard it a thousand times already but every harp sounds different. I tried four different Egeries with an extended soundboard and six with a straight and even though they all sound good there are noticeable differences between each individual harp.
Did you see the video on the Camac youtube channel? Sylvan Blassel plays several works from Hayden and Beethoven on an Egerie. The extended soundboard one sounds bigger but it gives a good impression of the sound profile of the model in general.
