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I think this was discussed elsewhere, but Geraldine Ruegg was Dilling’s secretary, I think, was the term, and she inherited or managed her harps that were rented out. That’s the last I heard about it.
What is it you would gain musically from this? To me, it would be a waste of time unless there is no other program available where you can continue with your present technique. It will certainly slow down your work for a while. The people I know who have switched around schools in whatever direction have tended to have a mish-mosh in the end with no clear esthetic approach to the harp.
Yes you can change, but it should only be for the better, whichever that is for you. Easier is not necessarily better. Think about your musical goals, and perhaps the repertoire you want to learn, and what kind of sound you want to have in the end. These are critical years. Will you be able to go to graduate school? How long will you have for advanced study? And what are your goals for after school? Why are you looking for what seems easier? Are you just avoiding working harder, which you will end up doing in any school? A French teacher may make it feel easier physically, but maybe you will have to do what Carl likes to talk about and play etudes all the time. They have their own ways of making it hard, I am pretty sure. Right?
What is it you would gain musically from this? To me, it would be a waste of time unless there is no other program available where you can continue with your present technique. It will certainly slow down your work for a while. The people I know who have switched around schools in whatever direction have tended to have a mish-mosh in the end with no clear esthetic approach to the harp.
Yes you can change, but it should only be for the better, whichever that is for you. Easier is not necessarily better. Think about your musical goals, and perhaps the repertoire you want to learn, and what kind of sound you want to have in the end. These are critical years. Will you be able to go to graduate school? How long will you have for advanced study? And what are your goals for after school? Why are you looking for what seems easier? Are you just avoiding working harder, which you will end up doing in any school? A French teacher may make it feel easier physically, but maybe you will have to do what Carl likes to talk about and play etudes all the time. They have their own ways of making it hard, I am pretty sure. Right?
What is it you would gain musically from this? To me, it would be a waste of time unless there is no other program available where you can continue with your present technique. It will certainly slow down your work for a while. The people I know who have switched around schools in whatever direction have tended to have a mish-mosh in the end with no clear esthetic approach to the harp.
Yes you can change, but it should only be for the better, whichever that is for you. Easier is not necessarily better. Think about your musical goals, and perhaps the repertoire you want to learn, and what kind of sound you want to have in the end. These are critical years. Will you be able to go to graduate school? How long will you have for advanced study? And what are your goals for after school? Why are you looking for what seems easier? Are you just avoiding working harder, which you will end up doing in any school? A French teacher may make it feel easier physically, but maybe you will have to do what Carl likes to talk about and play etudes all the time. They have their own ways of making it hard, I am pretty sure. Right?
You can have injections in the joints which can give relief for several months, and paraffin soaks are supposed to help. I don’t know about surgery.
I believe I was referring to that on one gauge the string would fit halfway between pitches, making it a half-step.
I was planning to buy a transport set, and I’m glad to be forewarned. Can you attach something rubbery to the bottom of the cover? What’s a ghetto cover?
Unlike some people, I always thought some wear and tear marks on a harp were badges of honor. A cosmetically perfect older harp looks suspicious to me. Like it wasn’t worth taking out of the house.
Given my recent experience with three different 1911 Lyon & Healy string gauges, I don’t see how one can declare definitively that there was but one way of stringing harps until 1935.
He is also on a cd called masters of the piano roll, playing piano. Equally awesome. I am hoping his lps will be released on cd. I am going to try to transfer mine, but I don’t know how high the quality will be.
I will say, the overarching impression I have from his playing is that he was without limitations whatsoever. I have never heard that in anyone else.
I tried a clear polish a couple of times, and it thickened my nails enough to increase buzzing. It is visually distracting on stage to have any color on. The worst is bright red, especially on pointy nails. I thought it was a point of pride for harpists not to wear nail polish, to be unusual.
The Bow Brand Burgundy gut strings would be quite similar, but Bow Brand would be a step up from the Classic, I think. Purer tone, better pitch, longer lasting.
