Pics of my new harp!

I apologize in advance for the orientation, but I just couldn't work out how to save rotated images in photobucket. But anyway I wanted to share, Here's a pic of me with my brand new harp.



And here's one (sideways) of all 3 of my harps.

Ooo your new harp is sooooo beautiful. You should do a recording for youtube. I'd love to hear you play... Harp music is soooooooooo beautiful

Wow, absolutely gorgeous! The harps and you of course.

When my Mom died 9/01, at the gravesite, she had prearranged a soloist singing "Ave Maria" accompanied by a harp. Most beautiful!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Wow.....what a gorgeous instrument.....all of them for that matter! Great idea on the recording and youtube....I would LOVE to hear you play!!! What a wonderful and peaceful instrument....it must bring you such joy to play. Beautiful!!


sabby

oh,yeah. you have treasure i think. i would love to listen to classic music played in harm when i was younger.

WOW! That looks so amazing! I have always been amazed by harps. I agree that you should do a recording and put it up somewhere for us to hear.
How long have you been playing?

Split!! All of those are freakin' gorgeous, but the new one is absolutely sick!! Use it in good health!

Mel

oh I am so jealous!! they are gorgeous! yes please do a youtube so we can hear please!! pretty please????

Beautiful!!!! I have one very similar to the lil one of yours =) Love them much!!!
Kiya

wow, thats a beautiful instument!!! As you can see from these coments, we would all love to hear you play it!

TJ

Very beautiful!!!!

Beautiful!!

I love your harps!!

Now my challenge to you: record a song, save it and post it here for us to hear.
Angel

Jaw-dropping gorgeous.

WOW! Absolutley gorgeous!!

I'm with the rest! PLEASE do a youtube video so we can hear you! Please? Please?

I am most impressed! Beautiful!
Patty

Split,
Absolutely GORGEOUS! I absolutely LOVE harp music. I agree with the others, that I would love to hear you play.

I also noticed that you love antiques. Very classy.
Love,
Okie

<font color="purple"> They're gorgeous.
I thnk I played the harp once, when I was small.
Don't remember it being that big though </font>

Thanks everybody.

But please don't expect a you-tube anytime soon. #1 (And fortunately from my persective I don't have a digital recorder) and #2 I'm really nervous about playing in front of people (even if it is just a camera) I play strictly for my own pleasure, although I am working up my nerve to play for friends sometime.

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Love the Harp as it is strummed >> angelic sounds >> plz U Tube some music for us Split .

a beautiful instrument indeed! I never knew they could be so large too! CONGRATS! and hope to be able to hear you play sometime... I bet it has a beautiful sound as well...

Beautiful instruments Split. I do like to hear them played but I am unfamiliar with the instruments. I see you have 3 and of different sizes and colors. Are they each a different sound? Are the colors just for the look? just wondering...
Snowy

wow cool!

Snowy,

The smallest is a 25 string lap harp. Most people would call it a celtic harp. It has a set of levers at the top of the strings that you flip to create sharps and flats. It has a very high pitched bell like tone.

The middle harp is also a lever harp, but it's a floor harp. It again has lever's on the top to set sharps and flats. It has 38 strings so more bass and has a much deeper mellower sound.

The big harp is a concert grande pedal harp. It's the biggest harp you can get with 47 strings. Instead of having levers at the top, it has 7 pedals that you use to play sharps and flats. This is the type of harp you'd see played in an orchestra. It is much louder and more resonant than my other two harps, and has very clear bell like treble ocataves with a very warm rich mellow bass. Because it has pedals rather than levers it gives me much more flexibility in playing music with accidentals, which you really need for most classical music.

All three harps are maple with spruce soundboards. The middle harp, my Prelude has simply been stained to a mahogany colour, where as the other two are simply natural.

--splitimage

Oooo wonderful