http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/ Those interested in the playing and/or making of wire strung harps are welcome to check in with us. If this is the kind of har Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:06:56 GMT harpharpharp http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11256 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11256 Oops, that should be dan bau. Peter Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:24:42 GMT harpharpharp http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11255 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11255 Move over tromba marina. I'm off to Vietnam in the new year so I hope to hear some live dan bao music. The dan bao is a monochord but also has a flexible arm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:04:54 GMT timothy des roches http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11254 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11254 Hello All, It seems that this list has been quiet of late so I'm crawling out from under my rock to relate a recent Happening. My new little 19 wire harp has Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:23 GMT ladyclarsair http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11253 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11253 Hello all, I've had a lady contact me who found a 29 string wire harp in a thrift store in Birmingham, Alabama. She's now smitten and wants to learn to play. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:18:19 GMT harpharpharp http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11252 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11252 Check out Tomo's lastest uploads. Both wire and bray harp. http://www.youtube.com/user/tkharpflt#p/a Peter Wilson Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:12 GMT Richard York http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11251 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11251 Interesting, and very nice! The sound is not unlike the one I have, though it rings for longer than mine. Quite a harpy sound here. The arrangement he uses Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:59 GMT harpharpharp http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11250 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11250 Here's a video of Vincente LaCamera playing Lamento di Tristano on a brass strung plucked psaltery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gzf5yspZNo Peter Wilson Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:16:03 GMT Ellen Tepper http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11249 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11249 There is no evidence for bowed psalteries in the middle ages because they were not invented until the late 19th century by Germans to help learn bowing Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:22 GMT Richard York http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11248 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11248 P.S. I don't know about over in the USA, but on this side if a harp's that cheap it's probably going to be deeply frustrating, and not sell well later, when Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:57:03 GMT Richard York http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11247 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11247 Hi Crystal, I see I'm not the first, but the plucked psaltery seems like a good one to try. I've posted a pic. of mine in an album called "Psaltery" on the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:08:45 GMT GeriMcQ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11246 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11246 Hello Crystal, Have you considered or tried a Mountain Dulcimer? I've been playing around with one. They have wire strings, actually usually only four, are Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:47:50 GMT sca_bard@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11245 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11245 Hi Crystal, I think a better bet than a bowed psaltery would be a plucked psaltery.  You can find historical repro models by Googling for "hognose psaltery" Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:59:47 GMT Beth Richard http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11244 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11244 ... I regularly play the wire-strung harp and have had an opportunity to fool about with some bowed psaltery's when I used to live in Houston, very near Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:18:01 GMT Crystal http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11243 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11243 Hello, Let me say, I've never played a wire-strung harp or even seen one in person, so this could be a very dumb question. I've never played a bowed psaltery Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:08:02 GMT harpharpharp http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11242 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/WireHarp/message/11242 What a nice story. Magda will slow down when she starts to realize that wire strung technique is more complex than she thought, and that playing the harp well