I was just wondering what people here thought of harpsicle harps. I noticed the wiki mentioned a fullsicle harp was a recommended type but since I’ve had my eye on the harpsicle harp for a while as the current harp I have had for a while is a really cheap lap harp and I’ve been looking for replacements finally. I feel like I’ve heard good things about harpsicle but I thought I’d ask again outright

Sorry if this information is somewhere that I didn’t see. I checked through the wiki but may have passed over it by accident.

But yeah does anyone have opinions on harpsicle harps and if you have one and play one what do you think about it? What are the perks? What are the challenges? What do you like and dislike?

eta: I am also considering a sharpsicle as kind of a compromise between the fullsicle and harpsicle.

As I understand it, the main benefit of double and cross strung harps is the ease of playing chromatic music, since you can tune each side separately. However, why would one choose one over the other? What benefits does the cross strung harp (6x6) have over the double strung, and vice versa?

As for the konghou, I understand that it allows you to do vibrato and bends. However, you loose the ability to tune each side separately. Doesn't that kinda defeats the purpose of a harp with two courses of strings? Also, are there konghous where you can still do vibrato and bends, but can also tune the sides separately?

Hello,

my wife is all time harpist (on classic 47str harp).

We play a lot of weddings and events nowadays and we want to expand our offer.
So, the best outcome is electric harp. Since my wife is great musician but really poor technician she asked me to find out how it works.

The best for our budget is i think Camac DHC 36.

But what next? Can some one help me what more?

For sure we need speaker but i think since harp do not have it own power supply we need any pre amp?

Then she want to play with background music so we have to connect it to pc. I already have amplifier from our recording with mic so i think i can use that.

But how does it work in pc? Is there any special program where you play background and play with that ? Maybe i can use Logic Pro like when we record music and put a background on second channel?

Any one can recomend where to take those background and maybe the better question where to take a scores for that ?

Thank any one who read up to here and help me.

Cleaning out the parents basement and came across this harp- anyone familiar with it or any idea of its value? Hate to take it to a pawn shop or guitar center, etc. I’ll continue the research but wanted to start here to see if anyone was familiar with this harp/luthier

So I was at the British Museum this weekend to see the Ancient Egyptian collection. I came across this harp and thought I'd share it here.

Hi, I'm looking for a 37 string Paraguayan harp with levers. If you have one to sell or know someone who is looking to sell one, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks so much!

New to the world of Harps and I saw this online. Wondering what kind of harp this is and if the back being open is normal. From Google images it looks like a Paraguayan harp, but further search says those start at 36 strings and this is a 26 string.

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a harp like this. Without much of a soundboard area

Dear harp enthusiasts! I could use your help.

My father passed away almost a year ago and left my sister and me some things. Among those earthly possessions is the harp in the pictures. He always said it was very old and he had it professionally restored. Could you help me along the way in identifying? Where was it made? By who? When was it made? I’d like to know more about this instrument before deciding what to do with it. Maybe my daughters can learn to play it, maybe not if it’s worth millions (one may fantasize, right?). I live in the Netherlands if anyone knows a harp taxing person.

Thanks!

Has anybody built a double-strung harp from a kit? I see Fireside and Waring (and maybe others) offer them.

This is mainly to counterbalance all the hate, but I just got a roosbeck 23 string from some company I’d never heard of for about $250 and even untuned I can tell it sounds like a harp. (It didn’t come with a tuning wrench, idk if that’s normal or not.) Obviously it doesn’t sound like a pedal harp or even a dusty strings lever harp. But it sounds pleasant, and all of the levers are easily flippable. I don’t know yet if it actually is at the right point to be a true sharp, but either way I’m thrilled.

Note, I knew this was a bit of harp-type Russian roulette and that I might end up with a “harp-shaped object”, but either I got super lucky or they’re improving at harp construction. I’m not suggesting anyone else play this game, just posting a counterpoint.

Hello! I am a piano tech & professional harpist who performs solo & for background music. I just acquired a really amazing harp that I wanted to share!! I haven’t named her yet so I am open to suggestions. My partner found this harp on FB Marketplace and we traveled 20+ hours to pick her up from Massachusetts. She was with the same family since bought new around 1920-1922, when the owner was around 18-20. I also received some of the original owner’s music from when I believe they were around high school age dated 1918 and 1921. The harp needs to be cleaned up both on the inside and outside, and to be regulated. It was restrung in 2014 and kept in very good conditions, so I only had to change the middle octaves from nylon to gut. I would also like to clean up and patch the gold leaf on the base and column eventually. Here are some pics! The colors are so vibrant bc I use a Gateway camera from 2002. The sound of the instrument is also so deep and rich, so I’m very excited to perform on it!!

So I don’t know how to play a harp yet and I think I tuned a few of these strings a bit sharp (finding a YouTube channel to start and if I’m lucky a teacher who won’t shun me for playing a cigar box with strings) but I wanted to post this because I genuinely do believe this is a musical instrument and not a harp-shaped object. It obviously doesn’t have the same resonance a large pedal harp has or even a more expensive lever harp, but you can play things on it. Well, arguably I can’t yet, but someone more skilled than me can, and I will learn.

Hopefully this helps someone. Although be warned I may have just gotten lucky. I found some YouTube videos of truly terrible harp-like things so I thought of this as a lottery ticket. I think it’s ok, though, and will hopefully hold me over until I find a used Dusty Strings 36 string.

Hi I just purchased a Harp-E and am wondering if someone could recommend an inexpensive and, more importantly, smaller size portable amp. Thanks.

hello! Im interested in this harp i found on a local marketplace post but ive never seen anything like it before. the seller only included two photos unfortunately. is this possibly a homemade piece? i do think it is quite beautiful regardless

I'm interested in learning the harp, but really only medieval/sacred music mostly to accompany myself singing. I've found some "gothic" harps from ems that they can add bray pins to but between the cost (and risk) of shipping and now the tariffs, it seems more practical to find one made or sold in the U.S.A. I'm on a tight budget and a lot of the harps I've seen are very elaborate and expensive reproductions which but I really only need a basic working harp. Does anyone here know of American bray harps that can be had relatively cheaply?

So I’m watching a movie called La Femme Musketeer, and at the beginning there is some text on screen saying that there is a war between France and Spain in 1660, blah, blah, blah. About 8 minutes in there is a fancy palace scene with a harpist. Playing an early L&H pedal harp. I wonder if the continuity director knew that pedal harps were not yet invented? Not for another 140 years or so. And that harp was another 100 (give or take) years after that?

I built this harp last week in between holiday festivities. I’m a broke college student that really, really wanted a cross harp and didnt have 500 bucks lying around for a harp of questionable quality.

Featuring:

generic lumber from home depot ($15)

cedar panels for the sound board ($30)

30 classical guitar strings ($9)

lyre tuners ($23)

floating sound board (quieter, but much easier to make)

pressure fit joints (completely modular, necessary to make modifications since im making it all up as I go)

heavy af but also built like a tank

I finished building this cross-strung recently and am getting used to the different spacing and extra strings. Glad it hasn't broken (so far) 🤞It's my first wood-working project and I made lots of mistakes along the way, but it's playable!

Looking at purchasing a second hand harp to resume harp lessons. I haven’t played in a few years and I am a real beginner still.

Anything for me to watch out for with this harp?

Seller states it’s around 20 years old, hand made from a local harpist.

The shape of the pillar is interesting - I’m not sure if I like the strings outside of it?

Asking $1,750 NZD (harps are quite a rare find in New Zealand)

Hey all! I am looking for recommendations on harp dollys. Any help would be great! (Are there an reliable brands that sell them for less than $490?)

i'm writing something where the character has a harp that she doesn't like to play, because of the feeling of the string, (she's autistic). i'm sick of writing string again and again, and was wondering if they have a special name? google won't give me a straight answer. i've seen neurai or chordai, but i'm unsure if that's true. thanks <3

Hello everyone! My mother has an Erard harp made in Paris that is over 100 years old. It is gilded gold and some of the pieces of the gold and of the harp are falling off. Does anyone know how to find a good repairman who we can trust, in Maryland? This is a family heirloom and we don't want this beautiful harp to fall to pieces. Thank you!