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Good to see it will have a few more years making music.
Hope it plays well for your daughter.
Regards
Tom

Check this site

Building the Lever Harp

it has a lot of good info

Tom

That's a lovely piece of work.
I don't know much but I have had this tiny little ridge turn up before, in my case the two pieces were the same species - cut from the same board and even had the...

Here's a good read on glues
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The harp I made is pretty close to concert tension so I used Techni Glue think it was called.
It’s a two part epoxy -...

G'day Harper,
Are you by any chance making cross strung harps? I'm trying to guess what they had in the 1550's in Spain. I'm looking forward to the piccies.
Just curious, why buy strings and stuff...

Absolutely I'm interested. How do you plan to use the 1.5 hoop? will you be forming a round back with it?
T

Now I'm really jealous. I don't think I'll have any thing useful to to add to the project after you've talked to him.:2tsup:
T

Would you care to name names? Maybe pm me if your unsure whether he wants to be named publicly. It would have been a great help when I was starting down that road to be able ask face to face. The...

Thats really good news.
There's alot lot to learn when you get your hands on one.
Look inside for bracing - underneath for pillar to body joint, see if it is bolted etc.
Then when you've done...

1-harmonic curve. i understand that there is a harmonic curve (or a range within which) the different string types need to fall. is this length from face of holes on the soundboard to the lower most...

Are you just trying to make people jealous?

From 1890, wow! I read "new owner" and thought "new bagpipe". Looks like excellent condition for 122 years. Do they play in B flat like modern pipes or in A? either way an excellent aquisition.:2tsup:

Nice drum. Where do you hit it?

Another example of work interfering with life eh?:doh:
Tom

The sound board is compund tapered, 3mm at the centre top (less at the edges) 9mm at the bass end (less at the edges). I used reclaimed spruce from an old piano so its had something like 50 years to...

Its 6.5mm 4 plylaminated myself. I couldn't get bending ply in rocky so I tried 3mm luan. The first time it took the bend well but I scrapped it for some other now long forgotten reason. The second...

I've dug up a pic If you are still interested Szczepan4069.
After nearly 3 years it has developed a crack in the neck but then I didn't reinforce the underside during building - I thought the...

Looks nice, have you played them yet?

What are the mounts made from?
Who is the maker?

Tom

I shall have to down load sketch up - I'd be very pleased to see some drawings.
If your daughter is thinking of the classical side of harping, might I suggest using concert tension and spacing? It...

G'day Szczepan4069
I was hoping no one would ask – I’m such a slow typer I thought I’d offer and then not have to do it.
The curve of a harp neck is one of the weakest parts of the design. Cut...

have you tried finding the books by Ronald Zachary Taylor? I'm lucky enough to have read it at the town library.

I've dug out some of my files from when I was build my harp, reading all this makes me want to do it all again.
Anyway here are a few of the costs you might expect, prices are a couple of years old...

Hi Szczepan4069
I might be missing something but why do you want veneer when you are thinking about a stave back? Sound boxes that are truly round are made with veneer, stave back are a series of...

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This was a helpful forum.my harp has photos there under Silver Ash Harp.
If you haven't found it yet this is probaly the most helpful site on the net, I read and re-read it...

Sharps plywood were good to deal with when I made my harp. If this is a serious undertaking get the daughter along to a teacher before making any sawdust. This will be a lot easier in bris than...

A lot of mallets are made with rattan cane for handles or plastic equivalents. Dowel is fine but won't have the same springy feel to it, be sure to check you don't have too much run out in the grain....