Harp

[Newindian]

I don’t know if y’all remember me, I’m an engineering student these days and haven’t had much time for personal projects. I once made a harp for a school project that was crap but was good enough for me to learn to play, since then I’ve decided to work on improving my instrument building . This is a harp I made for practice started about a year and a half ago, 33 strings 920lbs tension, pretty much made out of what you can get out of your local Lowe’s/homedepot. Harping build sure is more strict than bows.

[bjrogg]

Very nice newindian, I'm sure Marc will be interested. He has built several he has post right here.
Bjrogg

[mullet]

That is a heck of a project. Beautiful looking.

[Stoker]

Very cool.. Says the guy that can't barely play the radio 
Thanks Leroy

[Hawkdancer]

Congratulations!  I don't have the talent, skills, or tools and space to make a harp!  My harp was made by a friend who does and wanted to make a prototype, so I had him set it up for a left handed player, similar to a wire strung type.  I also have a "travel" model I am renting.  What type music do you play?  I am more into Celtic, and traditional folk music.  What sort of stand do you have on yours! 
Good luck with the engineering program!
Hawkdancer

[Chippintuff]

That is beautiful work.

WA

[Zuma]

Very nice! It must take a lot of patience and persistence. 

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice.  For a 33 string you must have a couple wound strings on there.  You should try and post a bigger picture so we can have a better look at it

[selfbow joe]

Beautiful work

[Newindian]

Congratulations!  I don't have the talent, skills, or tools and space to make a harp!  My harp was made by a friend who does and wanted to make a prototype, so I had him set it up for a left handed player, similar to a wire strung type.  I also have a "travel" model I am renting.  What type music do you play?  I am more into Celtic, and traditional folk music.  What sort of stand do you have on yours! 
Good luck with the engineering program!
Hawkdancer

I really only play what I make up myself, if I get the money to buy levers I’ll probably find something more formal. I still need to make a stand for it (which it needs rather desperately, if not just to make it less top heavy)

[Newindian]

Very nice.  For a 33 string you must have a couple wound strings on there.  You should try and post a bigger picture so we can have a better look at it

I’ll get some up soon. It’s actually all nylon, the last four are 250lb and 300lb (1.6mm and 1.8mm) mono leader material ( cheaper than the proper stuff, sounds the same, a little softer feel), last one is 60in long I think, an f2. If you try to it’s not hard to get the last few strings  to hit each other but it doesn’t in regular play. I figured wound strings were an expense and headache I didn’t want for this practice harp. I do plan on using them for future ones, hopefully can hit a couple deeper notes.

[Newindian]

You may notice that the shell is tiny, 8” across the bottom, when I first cut my staves for my practice harp  and lined them up it turned out that the saw’s indicated angle was off by quite a lot, but lucky it worked out that I just had to cut out a couple staves and I could still get a shell (thus I ended up with a practice practice harp)

[Newindian]

A little note on scale, I’m 5’11”,  the top of the shell sits at my hip when I stand by it and the top of the neck sits around my forehead. 

[Newindian]

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[chamookman]

Question from an Old Guitar player - how are those Harps to tune ? Bob