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Opera rehearsal. I’m sitting there with my harp before rehearsal, right, and this stagehand comes up and says….oh, are you going to play the harp? So I said…no, I’m just going to sit here with it. Then I guess he realized he had said something kind of stupid.
You mention being a student. Can’t your teacher instruct you on basics?
My teacher had worked at LH and knew maintenance, but he never showed me anything. I didn’t own a harp at the time, but I think students should watch while the teacher changes strings, pedal felts, adjusts discs, etc. It should be a part of your harp education. In my case, it was just a matter of time before I had a harp, so lesson time would have been well spent that way. Instead, I had to struggle and learn by myself. Even if a tech is in the area, or can come to your house, they DO cost money, so sometimes that is not an option.“logistics of just getting there in one piece, parking and getting inside”
Alison- I was laughing out loud when I read that….so true. I often feel that the playing is the easy part of doing the job. I rest on the bench and think…thank God…now I can just sit and play! …until it’s over and I have to get all my gear back out and loaded again.I remember when I was a beginner. I could practice only about 15-20 minutes a day because I got so tired holding up my arms with the wrists in. I was taught Salzedo, so there was built-in tension.
You don’t mention a teacher, so I would wonder
1. if you have one to discuss the problem with
2. if maybe you are afraid. (the fear of failure)Get into the Zone and listen to your harp while you play. Don’t look at the audience….that’s not your job.
Are you doing therapy for the fingers? OT is not like PT, which sounds like what you need.
I couldn’t move my fingers at all for a while, (I think I still had the fixator on). They were stiff. Once I went in for a checkup, and my regular doctor wasn’t there. The other doctor showed me how to take my other hand and press my stiff fingers flat into my palm. It worked! They moved after that. I was so happy, and of course, since my doctor didn’t seem to know about that maneuver, I showed him how to do it.
Maybe another doctor could suggest what to do about your fingers.
As for the screw, I actually had screws and a pin of some kind, but the fixator kept it all in place, and the pin was removed after it healed.I think Aoyamas have wheels….my Etude did. I say “did” because the wheels are for indoor only, not for parking lots.
Wow, a ’92 Toyota. Mine is a ’95 Honda wagon, and I thought I had the oldest car around. I have a lot repairs, but I’ll never part with it.
Please send me your email address. I don’t see it on your profile.
harpsylvia@aol.comI put a separate thread because this other one drifted off into Pelleas & Melisande.
If you read down through it, you’ll see where it veers off after quite a few replies…and no one ever said which P&M they were referring to.I did hear that once. I just said I really wished it did.
Clarinets, French horns, etc. DO dismantle for transport…but something as big as a harp…well, that’s stretching it.I was getting ready to put my harp into my station wagon yesterday after a wedding, and a guy asked if I was going to lean it over to put it in. I wondered if he thought I was going to somehow chuck it in there vertically.
