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Hi Wil, thanks a lot for all of the very useful and thoughtful information. I have been playing around with ideas since I got the harp but really more and more I like the idea of keeping the character of the harp in its original state by replacing the strings with gut or as you have now suggested I could also consider nylgut, I will check it out.
I had been thinking that I could replace the levers with the new style Camac levers. But more and more I’m thinking that I will give the old levers a chance and see how they perform first. In future if I do decide to change the strings and/or levers I can do the work myself cutting down on labour costs since I have already made two harps and installed Camac levers on them. But as I started out saying, I’m leaning very much toward restringing with gut and enjoying the instrument as it was originally designed. Well thanks a lot for your input it has helped to reinforce my thoughts on how to fix up the harp. Any other ideas or input is always welcome. Very much obliged. 😌Thank you Wil. I’m sure I’m going to be really happy with it, did yours also have the gut strings? I wonder if I should restring it keeping the gut strings or change them to carbon fibre…. Also I’m thinking about changing the levers to the current Camac lever style….any suggestions?
Thanks Lily too 😊Yes I did send an email to Camacs customer service. And received an automated reply saying that they are on holiday until mid August and then I will need to resubmit the email. So until then I will find out as much as I can and eargerly await Camacs return from vacation 😅
I did get a little more information about it on Facebook in the meantime. It could be a “petite clasique” model from around 1998 but it’s not 100% sure. I am of course also interested in the retail price at the time of production and the price it could fetch today. Only because of the circumstances that I found it and naturally to find out how much of a good deal I landed 😉
