Wire-strung harp

[White Tree Productions]

On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Jennifer Bogut wrote:

> I am wondering if anyone on this list can recommend a source of 
> information for learning how to "dampen" strings while playing 
> wire-strung harps.  I just purchased a wire-strung harp, and am used 
> to the nylon strings, and have no one to show me in person.  Is there 
> perhaps a good book, instructional tape, or whatever, out there that 
> I'm not aware of?
> 
> Please advise!  Thank you!
> 
> Also, were harps played on the left or right shoulder in the Middle 
> Ages and Renaissance?  Is there documentation somewhere out there for 
> this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Lady Carthann Bean Eachann
> (Jennifer Bogut)
> 

Wire strung harps were played on the left shoulder, gut strung on the right.
See most pictures of them in action for the docs....also LOOK at the 
construction of a period wire-strung harp. The way the top-arm is -centered-
on the box, holding on the left shoulder is simply the most practical.

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