Finally got my wire harp
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Finally got my wire harp
After some years of contemplation, and a year of saving and searching
Triplett 25 str. Love it!
Triplett 25 str. Love it!
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Lucky you. I have no intentions of playing a harp but I often dream that I'm playing one. I did last night.
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Congratulations!Randal wrote:After some years of contemplation, and a year of saving and searching
Triplett 25 str. Love it!
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Hi,
Congratulations! Another wire harper out there now. What metal are the strings made of?
I play a copy of the Downhill harp with brass strings (Dennis Hampson's harp, probably better known as the harp that's on display at the Guinness store house in Dublin).
Congratulations! Another wire harper out there now. What metal are the strings made of?
I play a copy of the Downhill harp with brass strings (Dennis Hampson's harp, probably better known as the harp that's on display at the Guinness store house in Dublin).
"Don't worry about playing out of tune, it's a highly traditional way of playin."
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
...the standard phosphor bronze set that Triplett provides for this harp.
I live where not many wire harps are available (Western Montana), and yet--there is a Triplett 30 strung with brass that has been for sale in a nearby town. I've been thinking about that!
I live where not many wire harps are available (Western Montana), and yet--there is a Triplett 30 strung with brass that has been for sale in a nearby town. I've been thinking about that!
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If you're by any chance thinking of taking lessons with someone, my friend, Ann Heymann (from Minnesota), offers Skype lessons that are excellent value for money. Nobody in the world of the wire-strung harp has managed to pull of a style as exquisite and sophisticated as hers, at least in my humble opinion. I've taken quite a few myself and have never been disappointed.
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
And also in mine. Fantastic player.clairseoir wrote:If you're by any chance thinking of taking lessons with someone, my friend, Ann Heymann (from Minnesota), offers Skype lessons that are excellent value for money. Nobody in the world of the wire-strung harp has managed to pull of a style as exquisite and sophisticated as hers, at least in my humble opinion. I've taken quite a few myself and have never been disappointed.
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Congratulations Randal! Please don't tell my wife (she has three harps already), though I do love the sound of a wire-strung harp.Randal wrote:After some years of contemplation, and a year of saving and searching
Triplett 25 str. Love it!
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I will have to look for some recordings of her I guess. Derek Bell (was) and Siobhán Armstrong is right up there at the top my list right now.clairseoir wrote:... Ann Heymann ... Nobody in the world of the wire-strung harp has managed to pull of a style as exquisite and sophisticated as hers, at least in my humble opinion.
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Siobhan's a good friend and mentor of mine, too. She's just lovely.. Great playing too, particularly if you're interested in baroque styles!
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I love the older Irish tunes particularly and appreciate those who find them and keep them alive. To that end, I really like Kathleen Loughnane's music and harping also.clairseoir wrote:Siobhan's a good friend and mentor of mine, too. She's just lovely.. Great playing too, particularly if you're interested in baroque styles!
I see you are in Glasgow; my wife is from Hamilton.
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Share a pitcher? pleaseRandal wrote:After some years of contemplation, and a year of saving and searching
Triplett 25 str. Love it!
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
Derek Bell played a nylon-strung lever harp, not a wire harp. Do you by any chance mean Patrick Ball?An Draighean wrote:I will have to look for some recordings of her I guess. Derek Bell (was) and Siobhán Armstrong is right up there at the top my list right now.clairseoir wrote:... Ann Heymann ... Nobody in the world of the wire-strung harp has managed to pull of a style as exquisite and sophisticated as hers, at least in my humble opinion.
Wire harps are played differently, and have a very different sound, from nylon harps.
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Derek Bell did indeed play the cláirseach.Redwolf wrote:Derek Bell played a nylon-strung lever harp, not a wire harp. Do you by any chance mean Patrick Ball?An Draighean wrote:I will have to look for some recordings of her I guess. Derek Bell (was) and Siobhán Armstrong is right up there at the top my list right now.clairseoir wrote:... Ann Heymann ... Nobody in the world of the wire-strung harp has managed to pull of a style as exquisite and sophisticated as hers, at least in my humble opinion.
Wire harps are played differently, and have a very different sound, from nylon harps.
Redwolf
He didn't however use the fingernail technique in playing it.
His album Carolan's Receipt opens with the wire strung harp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFC_V_I ... ata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFC_V_IS0E
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Re: Finally got my wire harp
All harps are "cláirseacha" in Irish, regardless of how they're strung (even pedal harps). The wire-strung harp is An Chláirseach Ghaelach -- The Gaelic Harp -- or An Chruit.oleorezinator wrote:
Derek Bell did indeed play the cláirseach.
He didn't however use the fingernail technique in playing it.
His album Carolan's Receipt opens with the wire strung harp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFC_V_I ... ata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFC_V_IS0E
The way he's playing there, it doesn't really sound very much like a wire-strung. It's not just the lack of using the nails...he's really over-damping. A great part of the charm of the wire harp is in the drone effect achieved by letting the strings ring.
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