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  • March 13, 2011 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Looking for a small 34 string harp #72238
    Tacye
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    Pilgrim harps are among the smallest 34 strings at 109 cm tall (with optional screw in legs) and they are very robust.

    March 12, 2011 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Tuning etiquette #106420
    Tacye
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    Well, I don’t advise you to sit there making ugly faces.

    March 12, 2011 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Tuning etiquette #106418
    Tacye
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    If you are playing a piece with instruments which are more fixed than the harp (organ, piano, more rarely big tuned percussion parts) it is worth working out what they are tuned to before you start.

    March 7, 2011 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Keeping hands warm when the venue is cold! #106514
    Tacye
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    If it is really cold you want to start the performance with warm hands (hand warmer, hot water bottle, enough layers – I have a snazzy wrap to wear while sitting around and it is amazing how many layers you can hide under a long dress if you need to).

    March 5, 2011 at 11:28 am in reply to: Alternative strings for a vegetarian harpist? #72307
    Tacye
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    Hi Evie,
    Any pedal harp (unless you have one made to order for you) will have been strung with gut strings by the maker.

    March 4, 2011 at 11:33 pm in reply to: Left-hand Rolled Chords #157584
    Tacye
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    If you are thinking about them as individual notes then trying to speed that up instead or as well try squeezing all the notes in the chord as through to play it unbroken and then play ever so slightly broken and then slow that down.

    March 4, 2011 at 6:18 pm in reply to: Maintenance Compromise for a School Instrument #72311
    Tacye
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    Find out what the humidity is – and how it varies.

    March 2, 2011 at 7:34 pm in reply to: Harpa Publication #148428
    Tacye
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    Sorry, just looked at their holdings and they don’t go back far enough.

    March 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Harpa Publication #148427
    Tacye
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    it is in the RCM library so you should be able to get it through the interlibrary loan system.

    February 27, 2011 at 5:30 pm in reply to: Erard Harp #71909
    Tacye
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    Morley used to have the London Erard registers but for a while (15 years maybe) they have been in the RCM library.

    February 25, 2011 at 6:18 pm in reply to: My Heart’s in the Highlands #106602
    Tacye
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    His

    February 22, 2011 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Old Troubadour I vs New Ravenna 26 #72345
    Tacye
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    If you buy the Troub and change your mind it shouldn’t be too hard to sell on at that price.

    February 21, 2011 at 3:38 pm in reply to: loose sharpening lever #72339
    Tacye
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    I think you have a Pakistani harp? Does it have this type of lever? http://www.earlymusicshop.com/product.aspx/en-GB/1001100-ems-semi-tone-lever-golden-large
    I would probably take it off the harp, hit it with a hammer (probably using a centre punch on some kind of anvil) and when that didn’t work just buy a new one.

    February 15, 2011 at 7:38 pm in reply to: Getting a harp… #72387
    Tacye
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    I am not much taller than you (5’4″) and can play pretty nearly any harp I have tried comfortably.

    February 14, 2011 at 7:43 pm in reply to: small,gut strung,pedal tension,and spacing… #72413
    Tacye
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    I can’t think of any pedal tension 34 strings harp which is smaller and lighter than the Pilgrim (I am really glad I got the screw in legs for mine).

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