http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/ Harpmakers Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:34:36 GMT bsslu http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4037 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4037 Hi Everyone, Now that the Musicmaker's Universal lever has been around for a while, can we get some comments on how you like it? I saw an older post from Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:19:24 GMT Ron Hubbard http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4036 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4036 Hi, Guys; I had made one vulcan harp and wasn't quite satisfied with it as the neck seems a bit too wide aesthetically speaking. I thought about trimming the Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:11:40 GMT Benoît Meulle-Stef http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4035 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4035 It MAY have been a pedal harp Long long time a go on a remote galaxy... Look at the soundbox. And the head seams to have been bolted 10cm too low, you can Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:49:07 GMT Benoît Meulle-Stef http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4034 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4034 http://cgi.ebay.com/An-Antique-full-Size-MUSICAL-HARP_W0QQitemZ200355997650QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea625e7d2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkp Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:11:45 GMT Benoît Meulle-Stef http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4033 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4033 Dear Glenn: You may be able to help me: I'm trying to built a replica of the Pleyel for a woman but I dont know if I need to change the design a little or just Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:46:40 GMT Glenn Hill http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4032 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4032 Hi Benoit Thanks for the info on how the Pleyels were built ! On this project I will not use any metal bracing though. On the last one I built, of nearly this Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:39:49 GMT Glenn Hill http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4031 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4031 Hi Robin I have actually just defined the note range and drawn out the strings on paper, in the process of drawing the whole harp out full sized. I will start Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:34:59 GMT Glenn Hill http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4030 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4030 ... Thanks Rick, I do specialize one-of a kind harps, so yes ! ;-) ... So far on the large cross strung harps I have built, I have just designed the string Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:59:09 GMT Robin Ward http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4029 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4029 Hi all, Sounds like and interesting project, though I do wonder why one needs such an excessive range in the treble? most of the proposed top octave in my Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:52:05 GMT Robin Ward http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4028 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4028 Hi there, I build and play triple strung harps professionally, and unlike most of the available reproduction harps, mine are between 5' and 5'6" rather than 6' Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:22:07 GMT Betty Truitt http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4027 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4027 Hi Harpmakers, Does anyone remember or know the size tuning key needed for Jerry Goldsbury's 22 string Hummingbird? Is the key a typical #4, #5, rubber handle Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:20:38 GMT ChanceMailBox@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4026 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4026 Here is the cross strung and triple strung harps made by a man in Spain. After Glenn finishes my cross strung I may se if he can make one like one of these. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:03:37 GMT Glenn J. Hill http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4025 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4025 Hi Arsalaan I actually built one a few years back with 70 strings in total, 35 on each side, and each string with a Loveland sharping lever. This custom harp Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:27:07 GMT Benoît Meulle-Stef http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4024 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4024 Yes indeed I have seen several cross strung harp of that size from Pleyel (actually, now that I think, I NEVER have seen other ones)... To prevent explosion Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:32:13 GMT ChanceMailBox@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4023 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/message/4023 _http://www.harpspectrum.org/historical/wolf_long_updated.shtml_ (http://www.harpspectrum.org/historical/wolf_long_updated.shtml) **************A Good Credit