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The person you want to contact is Kurt Berg who was the harp technician there for many years. He gave me permission to share his email address which is harprx@aol.com. I worked there with him for 22 years as their staff harpist. He will be happy to help you out.
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Phyllis AdamsThank you Sidney,
I was finally able to get thru by phone to Salopian and have received the strings. FYI, she only does PayPal or bank transfers ( my bank charges $150 for this). I also found out that if you are using a debit card, the EU and IK do not like these – they want credit cards and I only use Discover which apparently no one outside of the US is aware of. However, Salopian DOES take debit cards!Balfour – I was buying strings for a single action Erard harp dated 1843 – those strings do not exist in the USA…
I studied this piece with Eddie. There is next to no editing! He expected me to play every note as written! Just great fingerings!!!
Lots of “Monday Morning Quarterbacking” folks…. Most of us in Chicago are thrilled that she won and are eagerly looking forward to her arrival! We need a change of pace here – and I’m not refering to the Cubs who lose almost every game!
For those of us who were fortunate enough to study with this man, are truly saddened by his passing. We are thankful to his family for sharing him with us and the world of classical music lovers!
Yes, the position is open and the dates have been corrected. The trick seems to be in getting them to respond to inquiries for specific audition repertoire.
It’s a great piece – gorgeous music. Goes like a bat out of *#ll, so you really need to have the part memorized as there is virtually no time to think. Even the chords in the duo go quite quickly! And as David mentioned, a page tuner is mandatory if you cannot make an effective cut & paste part. Good luck – it IS worth the effort!
My somewhat educated guess is that it was perhaps Karen Grimsey, the Marine Band Harpist. She’s played at the White House at least since the time when Clinton was President. She is probably someone that the Clinton’s probably knew quite well – in addition to
