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Juliana, Do you have a safety pin in the house? Medium to large size? Sacrifice this pin to be a tool for emergencies in a case such as this. Bend the larger side of the safety pin away from the pointed side. and now holding on to the larger side like a handle of this new tool, put the pointed end down the hole where the string is stuck. The point will probably touch the clogged harp string and you may be able to push it out the back of the soundboard. If the point does not reach deep enough into the hole, you need a larger safety pin, such as the kind used for babies’ diapers, as long as that point-end is no bigger diameter than the harp string hole. Next time you change a harp string in the top three octaves, before you make the familiar knot, make an extra knot in that end, and be sure you use a string anchor with as wide a diameter as a 5th octave pedal harp string. Hope this works for you!
Chris, in case you know someone who has membership in American Harp Society, ask to look briefly in Pennsylvania and you will find at least eight harp teachers in Pittsburgh. I can’t list these contacts in a public forum but you could click on my underlined name above,
Regarding the post just above, your wish for a harp of 56 pounds and 43 strings is just what the Lyon and Healy Model 14, natural and gold, is about. At this moment, there is one advertised on this web site in the classified section!
Gianna, ABRSM Publishes a leaflet online called “These Music Exams”.On page 31 it gives the minimum Grade 6 speeds for scales (half-note equals MM seventy-six) and arpeggios and broken chords (half-note equals MM 50) for piano. No listing is given for harp. In the free
The professional harpists John Escosa and Joseph Longstreth, who toured as a duo for Community Concerts in many United States towns, used one car in which both of their pedal harps were stacked, very carefully. If you absolutely must bring both harps
Lindsay, contact the Lyon and Healy company, that has shipped harps all over. They could also answer your question about re-stringing. You may wish to do any re-stringing when the harp is at its destination.
Danielle, adding some country-western pieces to your repertoire makes a nice change, and your audiences will really sit up and listen if they hear such catchy melodies as Duelling Banjos, Last Date, The Homecoming, Steel Guitar Rag, and so on. Louise Trotter of Houston TX is the foremost exponent of this style on the pedal harp and whenever she plays these arrangements of hers, people gather to marvel at her fleet fingers. If you go to http://www.louisetrotter.com and browse her music and CDs you can find those compositions on her recordings such as Scenes from the Southwest,
Attorney Theodore M Roe (877) 636 6275 specializes in this area. He told members of the Musicians’ Union here that there were big changes coming in music copyright, and still being hammered out. He said new laws were enacted September 1 and I am aware of that, as well as your link to Title 17, that I previously have visited.
Phoebe, Saul’s advice, above, is correct, and new copyright rules were enacted September 1. This means even a church choir director who photocopies 1 extra copy of music for a performance is liable for a fine if caught, as lawyers swarm to take advantage of breaches in tighter restrictions on what was thought to be free music, formerly. The new technology has prompted these changes in laws that were out of date with the times. Composers, arrangers, authors and performers are all affected and would soon be unable to make a living in musical or literary arts, if
Sylvia, I don’t know what area of the U.S. you and your Aoyama harp are in, but I do know a good technician in Vancouver Washington who trained at the Aoyama factory. Type Robert E. Hohlbauch into your search engine and you will find his phone number among the first few posts. Years ago I drove there to have work done on my harp, stayed at a motel and picked my repaired harp up the next day. See if you can describe your problem on the phone to him at least; he’s very good, and reasonable.
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, remember that from December 26 through 31, music stores as well as other retailers, seek to reduce inventory on which they would be liable for taxes. Fake books might be reduced considerably – think 30 to 50%- during that time. A very useful one is The Classical Fake Book published by Hal Leonard Corporation. Not only excerpts from symphonies, but waltzes, short pieces by Debussy and others, are included, as melodies with chord symbols, so useful for those who improvise on the harp.
