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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>MY Argent
Fox harp uses small brass rings at the bottom, to which the<BR>strings are
looped beneath the soundboard. I have extra rings, if she wants<BR>to try this,
Leceabh.<BR><BR>And, while you are at it, would you please tell the
dark-haired<BR>fair-shouldered bell-voiced Swan of Carolingia, the ring-winner,
the<BR>soul-wounder, that I have found her a copy of Secret People.<BR><BR>And
that I remain forever her good and devoted servant.<BR><BR>Mi/se, le
meas,<BR>Tigernach mac Eo/ghain ua A/eda<BR>Middle Kingdom<BR><BR><BR><BR>"Sinne
Clanna Gael. Ta/ friotai/ocht gan mhaith; beidh tu/
le<BR>comhshamhlu/!"<BR>" We are the Irish. Resistance is useless.
You will be assimilated."<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Pat Yarrow"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:yarrowp@mscd.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>yarrowp@mscd.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>><BR>To: "Myra Hope Bobbitt" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mhbobbitt@hotmail.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>mhbobbitt@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>><BR>Cc: <</FONT><A href="mailto:scaharpers@yahoogroups.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>scaharpers@yahoogroups.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>>; <</FONT><A
href="mailto:minstrel@pbm.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>minstrel@pbm.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>><BR>Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:14 PM<BR>Subject: RE:
minstrel: Wire strings?<BR><BR><BR>> Oh! Beg pardon. I thought
you meant strung in two courses of strings<BR>side<BR>> by side. There
are double-strung harps in both wire and nylon; Laurie<BR>Riley<BR>> and Ann
Heymann have recorded on them.<BR>><BR>> I had a harp strung the way you
describe, a Magical Strings Oladian. I do<BR>> *not* recommend this stringing
method, as it places stress on the<BR>soundboard<BR>> (my harp burst) as well
as making it near impossible to get both strings<BR>in<BR>>
tune.<BR>><BR>> I'd suggest switching to ball ends or dowels. For
dowels, you wrap the<BR>> string around the dowels several turns, then fix
the end to the string<BR>with<BR>> a loop - there are instructions in most of
the method books. I think<BR>Sylvia<BR>> Woods has instructions, at
least for the ball end style. I find ball ends<BR>a<BR>> little easier;
again the diagrams in the books will help. You basically<BR>> make a
loop around the ball end, which is shaped rather like a donut with<BR>>
raised edges. Then you wrap the end around the string. Let me know
if<BR>this<BR>> is as unclear as it sounds; perhaps someone on one of the
lists will have<BR>a<BR>> better description.<BR>><BR>>
Vivien<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Myra Hope
Bobbitt [mailto:mhbobbitt@hotmail.com]<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, December 05,
2001 10:03 AM<BR>> To: </FONT><A href="mailto:yarrowp@mscd.edu"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>yarrowp@mscd.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>> Cc: </FONT><A
href="mailto:scaharpers@yahoogroups.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>scaharpers@yahoogroups.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>; </FONT><A href="mailto:minstrel@pbm.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>minstrel@pbm.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>>
Subject: RE: minstrel: Wire strings?<BR>><BR>><BR>> Mistress
Vivien,<BR>><BR>> Thank you for your response.<BR>><BR>> Caera is
not using wooden dowels, nor ball ends, at present.<BR>><BR>> The
harp-maker, whose name I forget, called the harp "Double-Strung".
(I<BR>> had never seen this before, so please forgive me if I explain
something<BR>> about which you already know plenty.) The harp is strung
with one wire<BR>for<BR>> each two notes, i.e. the low C and D are comprised
of the same wire. One<BR>> end is wound around the C tuning peg, then
stretched down to the sound<BR>> board, through the C grommet, up 3/4" to the
D grommet, then stretched up<BR>> again to the D peg. To tune her low
C, Caera must tune the D at the same<BR>> time, because loosening one loosens
the other. Is that typical?<BR>><BR>> It sounds like the prudent
choice would be that Caera switch to dowels, as<BR>> you suggest. I'll
convey your advice.<BR>><BR>> How does one affix the wire to the
dowel? Does it hold in place like a<BR>> guitar peg in the back of the
soundboard?<BR>><BR>> Best,<BR>>
~Leceabh<BR>></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Sinne Clanna Gael. Ta/ friotai/ocht gan
mhaith; beidh tu/ le comhshamhlu/!"<BR>" We are the Irish. Resistance is
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