[Tacye]

Ooh, there was that occasion in the middle of the 20th C when a few slack wires were put on the Brian Boru and twanged gingerly.

[Tacye]

Is the crack going across the soundboard (probably not a problem) or up and down (may just be the veneer, if not may eventually cause a nuisance)?

[Tacye]

Old harps are very often capable of being rebuilt, but with the changing technology and design of lever harps in particular players often prefer to put the money towards a newer one.

[Tacye]

I assume the levers are making the strings too sharp when engaged?

[Tacye]

Just seen your question about the exhibitors- they will all be there Saturday and Sunday- most stay on until Wednesday, but a few of the smaller ones leave after the weekend.

[Tacye]

I’ll be there for at least some of it.

[Tacye]

Indeed, as has been said when was the harp last regulated? (Tune the harp in flats and then check the notes in natural and sharps to see if this is a culprit.)

Also you say she ‘tuned it before she went in’ and if she moved the harp it could well have decided to detune a few notes, or if the climate changed, or it just felt like it!

[Tacye]

Well, Fischer’s model 93 has 5 pedals and is 2800 euros, but I doubt it is what you want.

[Tacye]

If you can’t find the information and the strings on the harp seem right you can either measure the unstretched ends with a micrometer or snip little bits off, label them up and send to the string supplier to be matched.

[Tacye]

We get hire parts with German terminology in the UK sometimes, mainly from continental hire sources.

An ‘es’

[Tacye]

Have you checked that the people you are renting from would like to sell the harp to you?

[Tacye]

If you are going to sell I am not sure I would bother changing the strings, or maybe only the wires and nylons that should be gut.

[Tacye]

Try Morley’s.

[Tacye]

Oops, I must be seeing double or reading 4s as As.

[Tacye]

Looks dubious to me too.

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