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This is a Blevins Aspen.
It weighs 14 pounds and is very portable. It's a very elegant
instrument, and has a fancy soundbox that looks like a dulcimer's.
Sometimes I'll bring this to events, but usually it goes to workshops
and harp circles.
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I also have a beautiful
Triplett Luna wire-strung harp made of bubinga.
The wire strings are quite different in tone from the gut strings on
the other three harps, and are uniquely suited to Celtic and
Medieval music. The Koi decorating the Luna represent good fortune.
This is "the Fish Harp."
Listen to the Luna:
Click here for "Dragonflies" from Cherry Blossoms |
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The Laurel Leaf harp is
made by Webster
String Instruments and is a tall harp (69 inches) with the same classic shape as an Orchestra harp. It’s made of maple and decorated with a thin layer of 22kt gold leaf over carved vines. I purchased it as a lighter weight alternative to the pedal harp. |
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My repertoire is similar for all harps, with considerations for the tone quality and chromatic abilities of the respective instruments. The orchestra harp is a large, heavy instrument suited for highly chromatic music and frequent key changes, such as you would find in symphony music. The pitch of the strings is changed by discs at the top of the harp that are connected to seven foot pedals. This is why the orchestra harp is also called a pedal harp.
My orchestra harp is a Venus Premier model.
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