[Tacye]

Ah, does it have that type of levers where there are two prongs sticking sideways form the lever?

[Tacye]

If the levers are raising the pitch by too much you should be sliding them UP not down so they make less of a length change.

That said, may I draw cardboard harps to your attention?
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=23244914
I haven’t met that very model in person, but the cardboard harps I have met have tended to be more consistent in their behaviour than Rosewood Pakistani things.

[Tacye]

Some orchestral music will be playable long before that – some parts you could manage now – but there is a big difference between being able to join an orchestra for one particular piece which has a sensible harp part and being able to sign up for all their concerts in the next year before knowing what pieces they will throw at you.

[Tacye]

Pilgrim harps have two types of felt, thick and thin for different harps.

[Tacye]

My personal favourite is irrelevant, because I am not you; as well I seem to have developed sadly expensive tastes.

[Tacye]

Sophia,
I started being able to tackle harp parts in youth orchestras around grade 7 and became comfortable in amateur/semi pro orchestras over the several years after I took grade 8.

[Tacye]

Thanks, Barbara, that was good to see.

[Tacye]

I have taken my Pilgrim Clarsach on the bus and train and it wasn’t a hassle.

[Tacye]

I don’t have one, but do like them.

[Tacye]

Ah, I can’t help from my own experience with that, however:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=25200

You might find a visit to Brandden Lassells interesting to get a better idea of different harp models.

[Tacye]

I have just noticed the time you are posting- what country are you in?

[Tacye]

http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=21628898

Levers- it really depends on you and the music you want to play.

[Tacye]

There has been a lot of discussion about these harps, my biggest quarrel with them is they are inconsistent – some are worse than others – so I would think buying one 2nd hand local which you could try would be safer than mail order.
see for instance:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=24242

Personally I would suggest you consider these:
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=23244914
http://www.backyardmusic.com/Welcome.html

[Tacye]

Are you thinking of the one with partial double action?

[Tacye]

The Camac and L&H have gut strings and concert tension which will be good for working on classical technique if this is what her teacher teaches and she hopes to play a pedal harp eventually.

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