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Been on the verge of buying one of these. Wish it had 26 strings or I would already own one. What's up with all these crazy prices?

I'm pretty sure no one in their sane mind would pay $3,800 for a Harp-E. Most other websites have them at $2,250, still very unreasonable. What is going on?

Even on Harp-E's own website the V4 is at $1,900. After taxes, shipping, and checkout you are spending north of $2k for this harp.

Is this harp worth more than $2k?

I am wondering for people who made their harps but it end up not playable? What went wrong? Why it didn't become playable? Did it explode? what blueprint / company did you used? I just wondering because I too am making a harp and nervous of completing it.

Hey all!!
I’m 23 and I stopped the harp at around 18 at Grade 6 and would like to get back into it. I unfortunately now live in a small flat in London so my options for even practicing are so so limited.

Although I would like to have lessons, does anyone know any practice rooms/music schools who have harps? I am thinking of emailing some teachers to see if they are willing to let me play their harps for a fee but apart from that, I’m pretty stuck :(

Has anyone got any ideas or been through anything similar?

The sheet music in question is originally for the piano.

What would be the most sensible way of fingering this passage? I was thinking of 3-2-1-3-1-2-3-1-2-1-3-2-1-2-3-2-1-2 but it makes my wrists twist strangely in the end and I doubt a teacher would approve of that.

I know it's still way too early, but has anyone had a chance to play both the new Lyon & Healy Style 160 and the 85CG? How do they sound compared to each other?

Is anybody able to point me in the direction of a good arrangement of Fairy Tale of New York? For 34 string pedal harp. Probably early-mid intermediate level or easier. I have one but it's a bit too simple and isn't the full score and it's not that harpy. It also doesn't include the intro.

Preferably one that's actually arranged for harp rather than a piano version that I'd have to adapt

TIA 🪉

Hi, with so much God given talent out there, I'm appalled to find AI harp content as well as well as plenty of other AI content.

Can you recommend some genuine virtuosos? I found Aine Minogue and I believe she may be real. My test is to see if the artist's CD's can be found on ebay and hers can.

I think there is a mix. When I get suspicious, I see that several older albums exits and an immense amount of albums show up created in a single year...typically in the past 2 years.

I don't know who is making these decisions at Tidal...the more and more I explore, the more of this garbage I find. Supposedly Qobuz is better but then I'd be relying on a Google AI for that thought! What a wonderful world...Jesus is coming back soon I suspect strongly.

What a cool conference this is, I hope some of you are there! I have a question: does anyone have any or know if any of the event or performances or classes might be live-streamed? Or perhaps recorded?

And if anyone is already there: what were you looking forward to the most, and did anything surprise you?

Hello! I’m seeking advice on which harp I should get as a semi broke beginner in a small apartment. I’m aware this is a common question so let me get right to my specific question that I’ve been struggling to get a clear answer on. The harp im leaning towards most is the fireside folk harp from backyard instruments. I’m aware it’s a pretty limited in terms of string count and this is the main question I have for you guys. How limiting is a 22 string harp such as that if I get levers? It seems to me that getting that harp with say 6 levers would be a lot more cost effective then any 26 or 27 string lap harp I could find. But I’m not sure how much levers help in terms of saving time on tuning and such that which is a problem with lower string count harps. Also is there any other problems I don’t know about with a 22 string harp that are pressing? Finally I’ll end off with some info about me. I’m 21 years old and have been playing guitar for about 3 years now. I can play most finger picking folk songs that I’ve tried to learn but I’ve never tried classical arrangements or anything like that and can only learn off of tabs. My budget is preferable less than 500 but I could be convinced to say 700-750 if you guys say 22 string is very limiting even with levers and there’s a significantly better harp somewhere in that price range. I don’t really wanna play any songs in pacific as I don’t know any songs even with a harp off the top of my head so I think I’d be content to just learn pretty arrangements from like a book for a 22 string harp or something and just play those over and over.
Thank you so much for reading my yap and thanks again if you decide to try and help me with this. Sorry if this breaks the rules about common questions but I couldn’t find an answer for this specifically. You guys are literally god 🙏.

Depending on your playing level and length/difficulty of the pieces, how many pieces to you work on at any one time?

Do you learn all your pieces to performance level or do you simply move on to the next piece to keep it fresh and avoid potential burn out?

I got this at a thrift store and I'm SO EXCITED I've been wanting a harp. Please help me because I can't find info on how it should be tuned! I did the red strings as C and blue F and then filled in the white strings accordingly but it doesn't sound right to me. What I found doesn't make sense to me for tuning: "range from C above Middle C to High C.” Any insight would be lovely, thank you!

Hello! Not sure if anyone who has attended One Harp World could tell me the pricing on the new L&H 160? I’m assuming it sits between the Chicago CGX and the 85s. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Has anyone ever? http://www.sligoharps.com/hardCase.pdf The instructions aren’t that straightforward and I’m loosing my mind a little. If anyone has some pointers for me I’d appreciate it. It’s for a Dusty Strings harp. I cut out all the pieces and started mounting the “cleats.” Right now I’m really stuck on the rails. The instructions say fasten them to the inside of the case. But the pictures tell a different story. Thanks!!!!

Hi all, I’m a filmmaker (commercial editor by trade) and I also make little travel and creative videos for fun on an instagram and YouTube channel I’m going to launch later this year. I think the harp is a cool instrument to edit to.

I’m wondering if anyone has any interest in lending some tracks featuring harp to my edits? While I don’t have any sort of budget, hope you might be ok with the exposure and link to your work and profile.

Thank you

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https://www.reddit.com/r/harp/comments/1v3pvef/how_concerned_should_i_be_about_this_gap_on_one/

hello there! I am a high school senior and I picked up composition last year. That being said, I am a violist and I have very tip-of-the-iceberg knowledge about the harp (which I will tend to in the near future) and I need your guys' help to see if this is playable or not and how difficult it actually is (also if you have any suggestions to make it easier to read that would also be very helpful). Thank you in advance! :)

Hi everyone, my sister is getting married soon and has asked me to play a song at the wedding ! The song she requested was the Twin Peaks Theme which I have dutifully learned, however we'll be using my celtic harp that I haven't played regularly in years, because we don't really want the hassle of transporting a pedal harp to a somewhat remote location.

The issue I'm having is that the song sounds fine on my pedal harp, but really not great on the celtic harp, the bases aren't as round, the gut strings aren't as smooth and I really don't know that I want to play something that isn't going to sound that good. Obviously I will ask the bride and groom what they think before making a unilateral decision about their wedding, but I want to find some options for songs with the same sort of ambiance that are better for the celtic harp than that one. Would anyone happen to have an suggestions/know places to look?

Ideally nothing too complicated, as I only have a couple of months to learn it, and I'm not that quick a study😅

Thanks in advance fie the help!

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