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Kay, good answer, sound is what is most important.
Thanks for your feedback as well John; I have seen the blue and gold 23 and thought it was very pretty (although it was only in pictures and not in person). I wonder if the wood grain shows as it does in the Camac? The one pictured on the Camac website looks opaque with no graining but in person it is very rich .
Saul, I’m still waiting for your answer. You’re not getting off that easily!
Anymore of a distraction than a Louis XV gold harp? That’s quite ornate. Or what about the one violin that isn’t darker wood but light. The one gold flute. But I want to stick to the topic. This is about a blue harp. Not the Big Blue in a different finish. Blue… keep your answers coming
Okay, here’s what I did. I puchased my 40 string harp from Lyon and Healy. I took very good care of it and paid it off a little early. I then, as you would a car, took it back to Lyon and Healy to upgrade. I think they gave me almost
I’ve actually had a 2nd octave C break during a choir rehearsal, it did hit my cheek but just scared me as I wasn’t expecting that loud noise when it did. You can tell when a string is about to go as it starts loosing tune, going flat, very rapidly. At that point I find it better to go ahead and loosen the tension, cut then replace the string. Except for the case when I had a visitor playing with my harp a bit too zealously…
I totally agree with Saul, I outgrew my Daphne 40 in two years. Go for 47 strings! Since you are looking at L&H you can finance through them as I did. Also think about where you want to go with the harp as you choose your model, solo, chamber, or orchestra? Sauls sugestions are sound and would work well in said venues. Just thought I’s add that!
I play on Camac electric harps at the DFW showroom. Both the concert grand and the lever model sound great without being “plugged in.” In fact, I played my last recital on the Big Blue, unamplified. If I get a second harp, that will be it!
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Try Googling Allegro Acceptance and see if that will help you, I think they will finance up to 95%.
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I still haven’t gotten mine yet either. If it’s not in the mail box when I get home from work then I’ll be giving Kim a call tomorrow… it’s never been this late before. I need my HC fix!
Same here. My issues of HC started to arrive late back in March. This issue seems to especially late though.
Congrats Dave!
I have a DVD and a (gasp)pirated CD of Light In The Piazza, lots of harp there and it’s so beautiful! You and the cellist will have a ball with it. Wish I could help you out with the printed music, but if you’d like to borrow the CD I could ship it to you.
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Pat, I find my cowboy boots very comfortable when I play harp, they have a riding heel which is a little higher than normal. They don’t seem too far off from the shoes that I see most women wear when they play.
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