minstrel: Lap Harps

[Solomon Matisoff]

Actually, I was talking with a few harpers who use both wire and nylon/gut.
Their solution was to reinforce their nails with epoxy for extra strength,
keep them relatively short, perhaps 3/16" beyond their fingertips, and file
down an angle on the thumb side of their hands.  (and on the finger side of
the thumbs)  They said that their wrists rotate to a different position for
wire vs. gut.  For nylon/gut the palm faces downwards, but for wire the
palms face inwards.  I don't know if the explanation makes sense, but I
could see it in action, and it worked.

Solomon

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tibicen at carolingia.org [SMTP:Tibicen at carolingia.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:07 PM
> To:	Minstrel at pbm.com
> Subject:	Re: minstrel: Lap Harps 
> 
> Tangwystyl asks:
> 
	<SNIP>

> Note, that contrary to the you-only-can-play-either-wire-or-gut
> theory, I have seen him swap back and forth in concert.  I asked him
> about that, and he said said he grew his nails on one hand and not the
> other.  *shrug*  Maybe he was pulling my leg.
> 
> -- Tibicen
> 
> 
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