http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/ Antique Pedal Harps Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:30:44 GMT Craig Pierpont http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1403 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1403 Don't want the customer. I'd love to work with you Howard, but the commute would be a killer! Craig ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:06:47 GMT dharben@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1402 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1402 Poor girl. It's bad enough having an obnoxious jerk like that for a father, and she's also never going to get her harp fixed. Dwyn Sent via BlackBerry ... Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:30:19 GMT Peter http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1401 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1401 So how old are you anyway? Hint: Old Marines never die, they just fade away. (McArthur) Peter Reis peterreis@... Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:52:12 GMT Howard Bryan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1400 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1400 Last week I got an interesting phone call. A man, Northern US accent, aggressive tone of voice, saying his daughter's L&H 85 harp needed some work. His Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:00:53 GMT Mike Parker http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1399 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1399 Hi there there is a reference to him weighting the bottom of the strings to produce a more mellow sound... perhaps that is how he did it.... I have a turned Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:43:46 GMT Robert Pacey http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1398 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1398 On the subject of soundboard pegs. I have just one which is made of brass, cast or turned I don't know. A harp must have looked very nice with a gilded string Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:33:11 GMT Laura Mason Lockard http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1397 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1397 Hi! Boy you are a Godsend! Do you want anything for them? Some Erard pegs, money? Laura Mason Lockard 3201 Mt Royal Blvd Glenshaw, PA 15116 The Erat Grecian Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:20:45 GMT Howard http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1396 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1396 I have the pegs you need. Send a postal address & I'll mail them to you. Hbryan.com On Dec 18, 2009, at 3:04 PM, "Laura Mason Lockard" Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:41 GMT Laura Mason Lockard http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1395 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1395 Hi! Does anyone have some spare ivory Clarke harp pegs? I just picked one up at an auction and I am missing 5 - from the B above middle C to the F above Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:58:52 GMT Craig http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1394 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1394 Replied off list. Craig Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:27:13 GMT Robert Pacey http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1393 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1393 Didn't Dodd patent a soundboard with the holes in line with the soundboard. Richard's daughter's harp is a dodd. Bob Pacey [Non-text portions of this message Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:18:17 GMT Mike Parker http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1392 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1392 Hi Tayce.. they are for a Dodd.. his patent was a) to laminate the nec in long horizontal strips and b) to make the ribs and string holes follow the line of Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:49:10 GMT Tacye Phillipson http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1391 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1391 Have you seen: http://www.buswell.co.uk/makepegs.htm Slightly odd the angle of the string holes or am I missing something? Tacye 2009/12/11 Howard Bryan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:21:39 GMT Howard Bryan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1390 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1390 Craig, That would be most helpful! I have plenty of ebony, so that would work. I have two lathes, one small wod lathe and a 10-in South Bend gear-head lathe Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:55:38 GMT Craig http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1389 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquePedalHarps/message/1389 Howard, They are really not that hard to make. If you want to try to do that, write me back and I'll put together a bit of a how to: Craig Craig R. Pierpont