My Custom Vulcan Harp Star Trek

**Todd Mustachio** · 5th July 2008, 01:18 PM

I need your help!!!!
I entered my Harp in a contest.
20 projects were chosen out of 100's
of entries. I was lucky enough to be
one of the 20 contestants picked.

Now the contest has gone into the second phase.
Contestants now need to go out and campaign
for votes. This really sucks!! It turned from
enter your Star Trek custom made prop to
now you need to go out and fight for votes.
This brought me here.

I built this Vulcan Harp just like the one
used by Spock on Star Trek.

My harp actually
is tunable and playable. It's made out of high end
guitar woods. The top wood is made out of Tiger Maple.
A plank was split down the middle and book matched.
The darker wood is made from purduc. It has a nice
burgundy reddish/purple tint to it. No stains were used.
I just clear coated it with several coats and a lot of wet
sanding.

Shameless Plea!!!

Please go to
http://www.roddenberry.com/?action=site.showcase&sid=20

And vote for my harp. I'm contestant # 19 Todd Mustachio.

Thanks for looking!

**Phil Mailloux** · 5th July 2008, 03:27 PM

You got any pics of Spock playing this thing?

Your thing looks really nice but we should be able to compare it with the original

**mongrel** · 5th July 2008, 04:27 PM

I checked out the site, you did real good.
Just make me a lifesized 7 of 9 and you got my vote!

Sweet build, have you got any pics of the build in progress?
If you add these in I am sure you will get more votes

May the force be with you

**Sebastiaan56** · 5th July 2008, 04:42 PM

Get us a sound clip, please......., I voted for you, its much better than the guns.....

PS Trekkies are a mad bunch..... Ive had a great time at a couple of conventions, but that was 22 odd years ago.....

**MALPT** · 5th July 2008, 06:12 PM

+1 more vote fwiw

**tea lady** · 5th July 2008, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

Get us a sound clip, please......., I voted for you, its much better than the guns.....

PS Trekkies are a mad bunch..... Ive had a great time at a couple of conventions, but that was 22 odd years ago.....

How many odd years equal a normal year?

I voted for you.:thumbs:

**benja** · 5th July 2008, 07:19 PM

Nice work. That is one dedicated Trekkie (or is it Trekker??)

Now we can all have a crack at this!
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars...tion-plans.php
An excellent picture can be found here, at the bottom of the page. Lord knows why its on a mountain bike forum!
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=385400
Might try making one of those bicycle wheel instruments!

I like some of the other items, but until someone comes up with a working phaser, you got my vote!

**pugwash** · 5th July 2008, 08:00 PM

You got my vote too. Nice work. I like the fact that your entry actually works. I bet none of those blasters work!

**Tankstand** · 5th July 2008, 09:09 PM

I feel so used and dirty!

Don't be a once off user Todd!

We expect to see you and your excellent handywork around here more often!

I see that two guns are in the lead! No wonder, the were probably canvassing the NRA!

**Todd Mustachio** · 6th July 2008, 01:11 AM

Here's the pic with Spock.

**The Doctor** · 13th February 2009, 12:58 AM

I like the harp. You say it's playable? Does that mean it's hollow? I'd like to know how you made it that way. And maybe the harp's dimensions as well?

'Doc

**black_labb** · 13th February 2009, 12:40 PM

that is very impressive. looks better than the original too!

**The Doctor** · 13th February 2009, 07:21 PM

I started on one, making the frame out of poplar because it's both cheap and light-weight; a finished harp is actually fairly heavy, so I tried to use woods like poplar and walnut. Poplar is light, but walnut is better (even if it does cost considerably more).

The biggest problem with the available plans is that round stringholder towards the bottom is not right and needs a lot of work. I envy the one in the pictures.

'Doc

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