[Tacye]

I find the assumption that harpists should use the same strings bemusing
– work out the thicknesses you want and order them.

[Tacye]

About a string a month wouldn’t distress me much in a new pedal-tension
gut harp; it should settle down next year, if kept in stable temperature
and humidity.

[Tacye]

When a string breaks at the eyelet I take the old string (gut) and pull it back and forth over the top lip of the eyelet to gently smooth the eyelet down.

[Tacye]

My first teacher told me she had taught a pupil to grade 8 (it would have been ABRSM) in a year.

[Tacye]

Lever gauge strings are about 4 or 5 strings lighter than pedal gauge.

[Tacye]

Are any of Bernard Andres works in her ability range suitable for her taste? Vanille?

[Tacye]

I use a golf estate (British naming – I am not sure what a sportwagen is) for my L&H 85CG.

[Tacye]

String types are not by themselves higher or lower tension.

[Tacye]

I think the manufacturers make more strings than the retailers have in stock.

[Tacye]

However, another technician pointed out to me that the links in the main action are very different shapes for the different pedals, and so while the force applied to the linkage is pretty equal the resulting stress up there is different.

[Tacye]

If it was only a normal kink the white spot will not be any weaker than where the string is kinked coming out of the soundboard or at the knot.

[Tacye]

I suggest you dress for the event and the venue, not the instrument.

[Tacye]

Single action harps are usually pedal harps. Most modern pedal harps are double action harps with two disks on each string and three pedal positions, b -nat- sharp.

[Tacye]

The Camac method ought to work on a L&H.

[Tacye]

If you want (indoor!) wheels to replace the shoes on the front feet I suggest you ask a technician as they need to be set into the wood.

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