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Charles,
It won’t fit at all. My harp is a mid-size lever harp, so it may not be the same as your situation. Actually though, even when I had the correct key there was one pin that that wouldn’t fit on!
Biagio,
The harp was made in 2005 so I don’t think age is the problem. I did think about the Dusty Strings Universal wrench but that is very expensive!
Thank you both! I think I will try a drum key and if that doesn’t work it sounds like a tap wrench is the next option.
Thanks Charles. The pins are just slightly too big, so I’m guessing they’re the 0.210 size. Otherwise they seem quite similar to pedal harp tuning pins to me.
<span style=”font-family: ‘Open Sans’, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25.998px;”>I have a HVH Leprechaun and I recently lost the tuning key. It doesn’t seem to fit a standard size (pedal harp) tuning key. Does anyone know what kind of tuning key would work? Also, did they go out of business?</span>
I just played this at college. We started out sitting (left to right, from the audience’s perspective) violins, viola, cello, harp, clarinet, flute. My teacher had us change to violins, viola, cello, clarinet, flute, then harp (even with first violin). According to my group, this improved their ability to hear me. It certainly highlighted the concerto-like nature of the piece. My only complaint was that it was slightly more difficult to communicate with the rest of the ensemble through the strings, but as long as you can see the first violinist it should be fine.
Although I did use music, in the future I would prefer to play it memorized. Again, this makes it a bit more like a concerto.
Thank you guys!! Katie – I ran across your website in my research. You do some awesome stuff! We ended up playing Robert Paterson’s Book of the Goddesses with a flautist but will definitely check out some of the music you’ve done if we get a chance to play together again. Thanks!
