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I think a harp in a trunk will go into an Airbus jet. You have to find out the size of the cargo door opening. They can be quite small. You need a shipping trunk that has padding all around and underneath the harp. There is a Lyon Healy dealer in Germany as well as in London. From London, you could go by ship.
Some of this goes to your expectations, what your image of a harp is and how it should sound or affect you. If someone plays it much like a concert grand piano, to someone who thinks harps should always sound soothing or pretty or angelic, they may be shocked. The harp actually has an extremely wide dynamic range, and emotional range as well.
I would avoid a security deposit or anything that implies that it would be all they owe, that they could simply forfeit it and take the harp. I unfortunately had a student who did that (not to me).
For me it was two things: the repertoire, and being freed from having to flip levers all the time while my feet do nothing. And then there was, of course, that glorious tone.
That sounds exciting. She did quite a few pieces with the Annapolis Brass, but I never knew all the repertoire.
I would recommend something like the Harpporter while they are still available. The big rubber tires work as well on stairs as anything else with less shock and they are easy to steer.
Actually, I am reminded of the fervent sect-like orientations in the dance world, between ballet and modern, and within each field, tremendous and fierce loyalties to instructors and choreographers and companies. It is still pretty strong today. I think it is merely a result of the expanding arts of the 20th century, where in the 19th century there were fewer choices. I know pianists who are equally partisan about their schools of playing, and they have many more than harpists do. It is the nature of the world of art. I am glad that many of us believe enough in what we do to care so deeply. I respect that. What a boring world it is when every one always agrees or never speaks their mind.
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra toured (or tours) the American waterways giving concerts every summer, or did, and always took a harpist along, and I believe they commissioned a piece every year or just every so often for harp and wind orchestra (band).
Have you heard the Hungarian recording of the Albrechtsberger Concerto on a Nadermann harp? It sounds pretty good and seems audible. I used a Lyon Healy style 14 once to play
I don’t question that you can learn from expert people, Sam, I just know that as a teacher, if I am competing with other input, it’s much harder for me to do my job. I need to know if I am not explaining things in a clear enough way, and I need to know that the results I see are the result of what I have taught. The student and teacher need to trust each other.
I don’t question that you can learn from expert people, Sam, I just know that as a teacher, if I am competing with other input, it’s much harder for me to do my job. I need to know if I am not explaining things in a clear enough way, and I need to know that the results I see are the result of what I have taught. The student and teacher need to trust each other.
I don’t question that you can learn from expert people, Sam, I just know that as a teacher, if I am competing with other input, it’s much harder for me to do my job. I need to know if I am not explaining things in a clear enough way, and I need to know that the results I see are the result of what I have taught. The student and teacher need to trust each other.
