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I recommend either a Blevins or the Merlin R-Harp.
you could try finding it by clicking on your own name in this thread, then sort your past postings by forum.
ba·roque (b-rk)
adj.
1. also Baroque Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts.
2. also Baroque Music Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.
3. Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation
Definition #3 supports my usage of the word “baroque”. Saying ALL others was a bit of hyperbole. It’s really just the majority of pedal harp designs that strike me that way.
No, I don’t like it. It’s rather less ornate than most harps (looks like some model of Salvi, and Salvi tends to be less ornate than other harps, I’m not up on all the models of pedal harps these days since they are ALL priced out of my range), but I still would not prefer that style. Its clunky looking. There’s no grace there. Not to my eye, anyway. If I were in the market for a pedal harp, and that was my only choice, I’d probably end up with one, but I would never truly like the way it looks. Fortunately it’s NOT my only choice. Unfortunately it doesn’t matter what choices I have since I can’t AFFORD a pedal harp.
I like the Salvi Scolpi, I don’t like other styles of pedal harps. Some are “less bad” to my way of seeing things than others, but the only one I TRULY like is the Salvi Scolpi.
I thought this was a thread for us to post what WE liked, not to criticize other people’s choices. Given the fact that most harps are of the baroque/ornate variety, it’s clear to me that my tastes are not among the mainstream harp buyer’s. If you LIKE gilding and big columns and all the stuff that generally goes on a pedal harp, that’s fine – for YOU. Expecting me to SHARE that taste is not fine.
And btw, for anybody who has the above harp – I’m not calling it ugly or saying that you have no taste. It’s just not *MY* taste.
Apparently it bothers you that my taste differs from yours. You were REAL quick on the draw.
Interesting.
Salvi Scolpita
It’s the only full size harp that doesn’t look just ridiculously baroque (sorry, don’t care for all that gilding and greek columns and whatnot that most pedal harps are burdened with)
