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Topic: Harp making |
Jan Viljoen
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Posted 28 Sep 2014 10:05 pm |
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Guys, I have a great respect for luthiers and pedal steel builders (steel and wood craftsmen), but I found this vid on making ancient Irish harps.
(I have built only a lap steel and electric mandolin sofar. I will post about this later.)
What is interesting is that a living tree is being chopped for this harp and after some rough adzing, buried in bogs for 4 months to absorb minerals etc, and then dried.
Other old timbers of at least 3 000 years are also being used.
This is quite fascinating, I did not know this kind of luthiers exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usgNmngqNiM
Enjoy this different culture.
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Roland Cube 80XL, Peavey112-Valve King and Special, Marshall 100VS. |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 1 Oct 2014 10:54 am
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Very interesting. I've copied it onto my hard disk.
I'm planning on building a lyre, which has a similar structure, the main difference being that the strings on a harp are attached at right angles to the soundboard, whereas on a lyre they pass over a long bridge, similar to a hammer dulcimer (to which they are both related.) |
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Jan Viljoen
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Pretoria, South Africa
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Posted 1 Oct 2014 11:57 am
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Thanks Alan, I hope you found something to help you.
It gave me insight into something I knew nothing about.
You are so versatile, I am sure you can build anything.
When are you going to build that old pedal steel?
Send it!
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Sierra S10, Stage One, Gibson BR4, Framus, Guya 6&8, Hofner lap, Custom mandolins, Keilwerth sax.
Roland Cube 80XL, Peavey112-Valve King and Special, Marshall 100VS. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 1 Oct 2014 4:43 pm
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| Jan Viljoen wrote: |
| ...When are you going to build that old pedal steel?... |
In the fullness of time. 
Actually, it's getting close to the top of the list. I'm almost finished the projects I'm working on. I just have to record some more mediaeval music before the winter comes on and my fingers become too cold.  |
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