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Hi Liam,
I’ve seen various historic harps with small soundholes, even in the bass part of the soundboard, so at least that feature is not without precedent.
Hi,
Along the lines of the harps with cardboard soundboxes and their affordability, the “Backyard harp” (which I think used to be the Waring Harp) now has 22 strings and an harmonic curve, can take levers, and sells in kit form for $139!
Here’s the link:
Michael
Dennis,
What you’re describing seems to be the way of attaching the string with the, lets call it, conventional harp construction.
Hi to all,
I think I may have written too soon – the solution might simply be to use particularly long long-nose pliers for changing the strings, (or to use the longest I can find, and if necessary, add some extensions to the handles) and to use the side sound-holes/access ports for entry.
I was thinking that if I were to do this, the whole thing could be attached by screws, no need for glue at all between the back and the sides, or between the soundboard and the sides, since none of the stresses in this design really require glue (I think!). Possibly, though, the use of many screws might increase the risk of rattling.
Hi Liam (and everyone else),
I’ve just established that the proposal I made in #56 has at least one significant (possibly fatal) defect – the difficulty in being able to access the back of the soundboard for string changing.
Hi to all,
Spent a good part of yesterday trying to get the edges of the soundbox level, for glueing the soundboard – they had migrated during glueing, and then I sanded some of it down – making it more uneven then I realized.
Hello to all,
Here are some pictures of where I am so far – there are multiple viewable pictures in the album.
Liam (or anyone else who can respond to this question),
Entering into the world of my potentially faulty understanding of physics – is it not also the case that the vacuum technique cannot exceed approximately 15 lbs of pressure at any given point, and that its greatest advantage is in the even application of this pressure all over the work at the same time?
