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my msn address is guybguy@hotmail.com , i`m 15 and have been learning for a while now…add me if u want to talk about harp or anything…
Steven is right, you can’t go without a transport cover, as the harp will accumulate little knocks and dints that will decrease its value, so they are well worth the investment…also, it may help to have a helper leaning through one of the side doors to guide the crown as it enters the car, and to take up some of the weight. Any building with disabled acess should not pose too many problems for harp moving…also, sometimes the help of well-meaning passers-by can land you in some trouble as people often try to lift the harp itself off the trolley when climbing stairs, so it’s best to do it yourself or with someone you have trained!!
Kathryn,
As someone who teaches harp (among other things) I would say it is POSSIBLE to make a living doing anything, but unless you love teaching, don’t bank on it as your career.
Who is this third company? Before Vanderbilt came on the harp scene (some decades ago) I ordered harp music solely through Lyon and Healy. It could be my poor internet skills, but I’m not succeeding in getting current L & H music listings on the internet. It almost looks to me like they are trying to focus more on their instruments, less on their accessories/music which is understandable and would explain slower service, if , indeed it is L & H that you are referring to. (I’ve always been very satisfied with the service, selection, personnel and quality of both L & H and Vanderbilt.) If someone knows the L&H music/accessory internet “address” please list it so I can order some music from them via the internet. (The www address I get just lists harps and street address/phone for music/accessories. )Thanks
Hi, Megan.
Try to contact Irish Music Center at Boston College : http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/Burns/irish.html
I am sure they will be happy to help you. Good luck!
Tika
Seems to be a cultural thing that people always trade pedal harps for at least $12k in cash money … so being a harpist it seems useful to pick a lifestyle which brings in a lot of cash money.
But harps are different than cars.
For harp or music generally plus something else, try the University of Cincinnati. The College Conservatory of Music was an independant
I definately prefer Lyon & Healy. It is my understanding that the reason why Lyon & Healy harps have a slanted colum is to help aging. The immense pressure put on a harp because of the strings can cause a harp to buckle or fall apart over time. To conteract this problem, Lyon & Healy has provided a solution, the slanted colum. The colum alleviates the pressure and will straighten out little by little over time. I am sorry if I am wrong but I do not think Venus harps have this slanted colum and if the harp is cracked or knicked in just the right place the frame could collapse.
Thanks Nadia for your reply. What I found particularly interesting in your message was that composition can arise from improvisation and also that students from less musical backgrounds perhaps would find it easier to improvise. It is actually unclear what I mean by improvisation; I wanted the term to be loosely applied to encourage any responses, but I feel that improvisation is not just free playing but guided and informed musicianship. For example, ornamentation is an important part of stylised improvisation during the baroque peroid and of course long before, when the harp would have followed an oral tradition in certain areas such as clarsach playing countries.
So perhaps you could tell me what kind of themes are explored when your students improvise? Do you encourage variations on a theme or free improvising or jazz or extended techniques?
Does it vary according to the type of harp used?
Many thanks
Jade Hamilton
