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I’ve played through “The Nightmare Before Christmas” collection, at least three are playable as harp solo. “Something’s Up With Jack” is my favorite but does better if you slow it down.
Push the pin in while you tune. Sometimes, after changing the strring, they can loosen up a bit. Put a little muscle in it!
Sid
I think it is up to the wedding coordinator to take care of this. If it’s needed at all as you are providing a service and not selling a good. But I should point out that you are taking a gig and making income. So now you are a business (un-incorporated business or at least an independent contractor)
A few weeks ago, while loading up my harp in the carport, a girl stopped and asked if that was a cello.
A few years earlier, a man asked me how long I had been playing the harpoon!
Mike, don’t give yourself a bad attitude about restringing. I just did the top two octaves of my 23 the other night. I use gut string all the way ( I do like the ring that nylon gives in the top two octaves but I never can stabilize nylon strings in the upper
Ah, thank you for that Peter, I’m sure Steve told me that but I was concentrating on 23’s and 100’s compared to 85’s.
I once had a man ask me,”How long have you been playing the harpoon?” What’s scary is that he was well dressed and until that question, seemed to be educated!
From what I understand (from a conversation with Steve Fritzman of L&H) the body of the L&H harps are the same (with the exception of style 30 and Salzedo which have different body shapes). The thing that is different are the columns. With that, the sound should be consistent from harp to harp. Still you need to try the individual harp before you decide. It is impossible to produce the exact same sound from harp to harp when you are building them no matter how much of the same parts you use. For example, you can go to 5 different hairdressers that studied at the same school to cut your hair into a classic bob. All 5 haircuts will have subtleties that make them unique to the individual that crafted it.
More people have the Chicago and 85, so if you want to be more unique go for the 100. You should be pleased with any of these harps as far as sound is concerned!
Contact the maker of the harp for moving instructions. It is worth the five minute phone call to avoid replacing your harp.
Along with what Andy said, the harps shipped all over the country are in boxes with fitted Styrofoam. I doubt you still have the container that your harp was shipped in. The bed of the truck will also be too bouncy for the harp, if you don’t believe me have a friend take you for a ride
I agree, it appears to be the Salvi Apollo. What lends to the wonderful sound is the fact that the harp is very much in tune. So many harpists post video without carefully tuning. The tone of her playing in this video is also wonderful. This artist has done a great job preparing for this piece.
A John also stated, the hall has contributed to the tone here. I personally experienced this natural amplification at the Interfaith Peace Chapel here in Dallas. It really sounded like the harp was amplified!
