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Now that I think, this is wire technique and prbly doesnt work on nylon.

Ouch! However, bear in mind you dont have to use all your fingers...for "folk" playing, and all... Maybe you even have another digit or appendage somewhere to substitute. :boggle: I sprained my L wrist 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and couldnt play fiddle for 3 months. But I could play harp ...

And how is your harping coming along, nano?

Looks like nice work Dave. Congratulations.

Would you by chance know of a maker in the Birmingham area by the name of Charles Ellis? I recently acquired a harp with this name (from Birmingham).

William M. on Skye there last year this time told me he was building replicas now and the harp ( sigh ) I nearly obtained were of the last two he was offering at the time. Dear William is a gracious man and would no doubt respond to inquiries. Ya fingernails. I've kept them (R hnd) since as a young ...

Yes the Scottish harp - the old stuff is my passion. https://youtu.be/Cuca8XBBTAs

I nearly (but a hairsbreadth away) bought a harp from MacDonald too, one year ago. The only thing that stopped me was purchase of a hardingfele instead...now taking all my time from harping

Congratulations on your harp! (I had a 22-str stoney end for a while).

I too was first captivated upon hearing Patrick Ball (30 yrs ago) - so much so that I'm still playing wire harp. It's an unshakable habit.

benhall.1 wrote:> people...who used to post there, don't any more.

Well, people come and go. I started the fiddle group on mandolin cafe years ago - and I don't think it's been used since 2016.

I find discussion has waned on all the sites - or, I'm simply not as interested in what's being discussed.

cat- Do you know about the Virtual Harp Circle and/or Wire Harp lists on yahoo? Those--along with the Celtic Harp group on Facebook-- are where I go to talk harps. Several clarsach players contribute, and all 3 groups are friendly (a lovely change after I was in a couple other forums that were... w...

benhall.1 wrote:
But there's nowhere nice - that I can find - to talk about the use of stringed instruments, especially fiddle, in ITM. You'd think there would be.

The Session - https://thesession.org/discussions/

(It's what it's about)

Fwiw, I have a triplett 25 - wire for sale (USA)

An old clip, but TM succinctly expresses what this thread may be about -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTvikUGr0E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8gnKT5MlnM

Just giving it a chance - who knows...

This opens the rabbit hole to Early Music in general. . . My interests are increasingly in this realm - since my instrument and its repertoire derive whence. Concurrently, I began taking more interest in archaicisms like harpsichord, modal choral works, and various forms increasingly remote from mo...

I was captivated by the sound of wire harp since the first time I heard it (over the radio). It was a sound I carried with me over a decade and more, before I had the opportunity to acquire one and set about studying. I was playing harp repertoire (Carolan) on guitar and hammered dulcimer to approxi...