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At least as important as absolute strength is ergonomics, posture and efficiency.

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I have seen wooden toggles work fine- I think Camacs had them?

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Pilgrim make great harps- but so do many other makers.

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A harp is not a piano.

However, 34 strings is enough to play your own arrangement (based around whatever music you can find) of pretty much any tune.

If you are selling a known make of harp at a sensible price and don’t live in the middle of nowhere they are quite easy to sell though some models move faster than others.

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Soundboards of this vintage were very often painted, the plainest were monochrome with gold lines.

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There is so much more than the number of strings- harps have character and different sounds and feel.

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Harp rental is often a good idea to start with, but I fear you have read the wrong prices somewhere.

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Also play the whole harp in flats, naturals and sharps.

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Is the bed of a truck any worse than say the back of a transit van? Harp makers regularly turn up to harp festivals in vans stuffed with harps.

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Those look like Pilgrim levers so perhaps Pilgrim would be able to tell you more.

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I believe that Fountain haven’t existed for a fair while.

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As Tony says you would be well advised to try lots of harps and see which you fall in love with.

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Easiest is to ask anyone who knows wood well.

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Sometimes strings break at the pin if there are not enough wraps round the pin. Do you have three full turns there?

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When you read about harps ‘lasting’ only 25 years it is not a case that they are dead after that time.

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