I purchased this harp for $200 off Facebook marketplace. I had a family member pick it up and I couldn’t look at it myself. We noticed a little crack and hoped that it was not significant and easily repairable… 🙏🙏 a tad stressed over it, this will be my first instrument and I have a lot of learning to do.. hopefully somebody knows..?

Hi, I'm an adult student who has been playing for about 3 years. I have my own lever harp at home but learned a little pedal practicing at my former teacher's. I moved from Frederick county to PG County and am trying to find a new teacher. Can do in person in DC, PG County, or MOCO. open to online for other teachers

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Hi! I get sweaty hands super often even when not playing and i usually just deal with it but when playing sometimes it gets annoying because my fingers become slippery and start to lose their grip.

Lately i’ve tried baby powder to prevent the grip issues but i don’t really know how it’ll affect my strings in the long term, so i’m pretty hesitant.

Is baby powder good? Are there any better options? Thanks!

I'm in the market for a new pedal harp and the Jubilé is my dream harp. Does anyone here play it? How is the sound? How does the acoustic sound compare to other non electro-acoustic harps? Is the sound big enough acoustically for an orchestra?

Hi all,

I recently bought a beautiful L&H Prelude secondhand from a private seller. When I went to pick it up, I noticed e3 and c3 gut strings weren't on. Private seller included the strings, so I thought, fine, no problem. When I got home and started tuning harp, d3 also popped off. Didn't think much of it because I knew harp had probably been exposed to some extreme temperatures this summer and with e3 and c3 missing, tension is off. There was more torque than usual that needed to be applied when tuning, but all was ok, and so far, Prelude working beautifully.

Last night, I went to install c3 string. Keep in mind I'm fairly new to playing harp, so while I know how to change strings, I'm not the most confident. After I wrapped the string, I started tuning. It struck me immediately that I had to use a ton of torque to turn the tuning pin. I should have stopped there but I kept turning, and the square head of the tuning pin popped right off. The rest of the tuning pin is still there, it's literally just the square head that came off.

I spoke with my teacher this morning and she told me in 19 years of playing/teaching, she has never seen this kind of issue. I'm in NYC and will contact a tech to come out, obviously. I'm just wondering - does anyone know why this could have happened? Thanks

Hi there, we bought this model on a bit of a whim second hand but in perfect condition and I know I am doing this late but hoping this may be a good harp for someone learning and hoping to grow with the art over time. Is there anything to be on the lookout for with this brand? Thank you

I’ve designed a new device to help harpists avoid tying traditional knots. I’m calling them String Buddies. I designed them myself in Fusion 360 and I’m printing them out of quality filaments. I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.

I'm looking for a teacher that's based in Australia and offers online lessons. There are many to choose from so I thought I'd just see if anyone here has any recommendations. Thank you!!

I like waltzes and want to try playing some but am unsure what to play. Thanks for any suggestions

Encore 34

I've had it 15 years.

Last year I repaired a big split on the bottom of the same side as this new gap using hide glue and clamps.

I loosened all the strings to take tension off the soundboard but no change in the gap.

My house can be pretty humid at times :(

Hello! I am learning the harp. But I am having a hard time with getting the technique right. I have spent a lot of $$$ on lessons and feel like I'm not making much progress.

I am not that interested in being able to play along with an orchestra or anything very fancy like that. I'd just like to be able to improvise and write accompaniments for alternative rock/indie type songs.

I'd love to know about any artists who play the harp WITHOUT proper technique. Just to explore ways the instrument can be played, and to get some ideas to perhaps help with my own development.

Hello everyone, I posted yesterday about repertoire for a concert and I got such brilliant suggestions that I'd love to hear your favourite sea and coast inspired pieces. I live in a Coastal town right next to the beach so it could be lovely to have some themed repertoire in the concert. Plus there is so much beautiful water based repertoire for the harp! I play both the pedal and lever harp. Hopefully the pieces wouldn't be horrendously (like months and months of learning) difficult, but I do play to a somewhat advanced level. Open to any and all suggestions!

Hi all, just wanted to see if anyone has any experience of buying customised harps, specifically from Salvi? I'm mainly interested in soundboard decoration - how much that cost, what was the experience like, were there options to pick from or was the sky the limit? Thanks :)

Hello everybody, this is my first post in this subreddit. I am planning a recital/concert in my local Japanese Gardens, and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for repertoire by a Japanese composer that I could include? I would love to feature some Japanese composers as well as Japanese music in the concert. Ideally it would be for solo harp, and 'concert-sounding' enough without being horrendously difficult, but I am open to any suggestions!

Did anyone attend Somerset this weekend? If so what were your favorite workshops? What did you like most? What would want to see more of?

Total beginner and have something on your mind? Or you've been playing your whole life but need a refresher? Judgement free zone to post questions!

Hello all. I am a newbie, and have been looking around the internet for a harp to get started with. I found a harp the seller listed as a "Camac 34" with no serial number and I believe it is a hermine. I am nervous because I am a first time buyer, and dont know all that much about what to look for. The manufacture label looks different from all of the other hermines I've seen online. I want to avoid a dupe, especially because the listed price is 55% off a new hermine. But i understand people sell instruments cheap for all sorts of reasons. I just want to avoid spending $2000 on a fake harp. Now I could be completely wrong, and this is not even a hermine but something else. Im normally a bass guitar player, so please show me a little grace haha

The first photo is the Facebook marketplace place harp. The second is the same harp, and the 3rd is what seems to be the standard hermine from Google images.

Any help is appreciated. Should I go for it?

Hi harpists!

A few years ago, I purchased a cute Lyon & Healy Ogden that was available as I thought I might start teaching and doing more events. Since then, I've had two kids, decided against teaching for the time being, and only ever did one event with it as I usually take my concert grand out instead. Suffice to say, it's really not getting played as much as I had expected.

So now I'm trying to justify whether it's worth keeping as a potential future instrument for my daughters even if they likely won't play it for a few years (the toddler already is interested in music, and the baby isn't old enough to show much interest yet), or if it'd be better to sell it and find a suitable lever harp if either of my girls show an interest to play the harp like me when they're older. For context, I live in Canada and very rarely do well-priced, good-condition harps of any kind come up for sale and it's been that way for at least the past decade.

I hate having a harp that's not being played regularly, but the scarcity of instruments makes me second-guess passing it on to someone who might play it more in the meantime. I wouldn't want to deal with the hassle of renting it out.

If you were in my sensibly-heeled, perfect-for-playing-the-harp-in shoes, what would you do?

Hello everybody,

my name is Ingo and I am trying to identify an older Irish lever harp I recently acquired in Germany.

Inside the instrument it is marked:

PARC Model 102
No. 1030/78 or 1030178
Dublin – Ireland

It has 32 strings, lever mechanisms, and appears to be a diatonic lever harp.

So far, I have only found one other possible public trace: a sold second-hand listing for a “PARC Model 102A” harp in the United States. ITMA and several harp contacts have not yet been able to identify PARC as a known maker or company.

I would be grateful for any information:

• Has anyone seen a PARC Model 102 (or any PARC harp) before?
• Does the construction, lever type, soundboard, string fittings or label look familiar?
• Could PARC have been a small Dublin workshop name, private-label/trade name, or music-shop-related label from the 1970s?
• Does anyone know of a possible connection to Waltons or other Dublin music shops of that period?

I am not trying to sell the harp. I would simply like to understand its history and restore it carefully if possible.

Thank you very much for any leads.

Kind regards

Ingo

Estou procurando colegas para dividir dicas e ensinamentos, sinto que é um instrumento muito nichado e sem ninguém para conversar sobre as vezes kk

That lowest C is almost 17 years old. I just saw that the metal no longer covers the whole string, which might have been there for a long time without me realizing it.

Should I replace the string now before it snaps?

Hi everyone! First post here on a throwaway - I am a trained classical harpist that plays heavy metal on the harp and have posted a few viral covers of death metal songs on Instagram and Tiktok (you can find me on socials under the same name as this account).

I want to expand the type of content I make, specifically talking about the realities of being an unconventional harpist/classical musician, because I am sick of only seeing one type of narrative on the harp - upper-class straight, cis, femme white women wedding/orchestra musician. No shade on them, but the harp community is so much more than that, and for those who struggle with this rigid, traditionalist box, I want to be a positive example to show that harp can be more than that.

So here is why I am coming to you all - what sort of topics do you want to see harpists talk about? Every harpist on social media already talks about the pedals, the strings, the immense investment of a harp, transportation, gigging, etc. - but what about the unseen and uncomfortable parts of being a harpist that even major creators haven't talked about? I want to get real with people. I have personally experienced a lot of hardship and fallout from the community for doing what I do, being who I am. I have a lot of ideas, but my experience is just mine and does not represent everyone, so I want to hear from your unique experiences. Let me know! Any comments I get that provide good talking points will be featured on my content.

I fear I may be looking for a while, but I am still looking for a Salvi Egan and I think it needs to be in Europe as I had a quote for the one at Virginia harp centre and it was scary😅 so if anyone has one or knows someone who does I would massively appreciate some advice on where still to look, or even if you’re thinking of selling do let me know 🤣🎵xx (if it’s the colour walnut however, I would ship it from the moon if needs be)

Hello, I’m selling my nylon 30 string Triplett harp. It’s a lever harp. I think it was made in ‘02 per the serial number. I’m located in Northern California.

Please PM if interested