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136	Folks, For anyone on here who hasn't seen my new harp and is interested, I have uploaded some pics. It was made by my brother, I believe he is taking...	Johny ramserpent	Jan 3, 2006 12:37 am
137	Alasdair and all, Alasdair I have been studying scales on your site (which I have found very useful and informative!) and just wish to confirm something. It...	Johny ramserpent	Jan 3, 2006 12:43 am
138	JP, Nice looking harp you have there! Very keen metal and pyrograph work! Your brother did a mighty job. Is it a single block box?? How's the bass strung? Chad...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Jan 4, 2006 2:29 am
139	... Chad, Cheers! Yeah, she is a real beauty...our Davy is rather brilliant...it is a willow sound box made from one piece...the bass is strung with an octave...	jpatton@... ramserpent	Jan 5, 2006 12:41 pm
140	JP, Bliadhn' Ùr Mhath dhut, a charaid. Thanks for the question and also for putting the photos up on the website see we can all have a good ogle at the...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 6, 2006 3:55 pm
141	A chàirdean, Joseph Ennis is apparently Yahoo cookie unfriendly and has not joined the group. He is researching and writing an article on the Gaelic harp and...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 6, 2006 4:07 pm
142	My understanding is that brass making was invented/discovered in Europe in Roman times, i.e. the first few centuries AD. Certainly the copper alloy music wire...	Simon Chadwick simonchadwick	Jan 6, 2006 5:48 pm
143	I would wholeheartedly encourage Mr. Ennis to do more research before making sweeping statements like: "Neither the Celt nor the Gael had the secret of making...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Jan 6, 2006 10:54 pm
144	I think he's have to document his assertion that brass was imported up until the 19th century. Everything I've read about medieval mettalurgy makes a point...	Edgar Peters kaosharper1	Jan 8, 2006 2:06 pm
145	I found that article fascinating because I think the world was much larger then, communication slower and indeed what was mixed might have varied greatly ...	Jacqueline Lynaugh bluefairysto...	Jan 9, 2006 4:47 pm
146	Folks I need to get myself a case made for my new harp...It seems most harpers I have seen use soft cases...I wonder why, would a hard case not be better? I...	Johny ramserpent	Jan 14, 2006 5:42 pm
147	Colorado case make a great hard harp case. I am eventually going to get one. You can get them with wheels and fibergassed outside. They are pretty sturdy and...	Janet Kurnick janet_kurnick	Jan 15, 2006 9:14 pm
148	hi Alasdair I had mailed you off list last week - just wanted to let you know in case it has went AWOL again good luck davy...	davyp9393	Jan 15, 2006 10:31 pm
149	Thanks Janet, much appreciated. JP Signup to supanet at https://signup.supanet.com/cgi-bin/signup?_origin=sigwebmail...	jpatton@... ramserpent	Jan 16, 2006 5:52 pm
150	Hi there JP, The idea of a soft case is I think that the foam absorbs the impact rather than transmitting it (as a hard case would) through to the ...	Simon Chadwick simonchadwick	Jan 16, 2006 9:03 pm
151	Jean Paul, Hi there. I am assuming JP is Jean Paul. Re Cases....Go to www.celticharper.com/cases.html Look at Colorado Case Company and Harpers Hill. If this...	Jacqueline Lynaugh bluefairysto...	Jan 17, 2006 7:42 am
152	Cheers for info folks...yeah, Simon I would prefer in ways to have a friend make the leather one, he made my old case and it was perfect for what I...	jpatton@... ramserpent	Jan 17, 2006 4:32 pm
153	I don't know if the UK folks know Kim Robertson - she is a lever player but does quite a bit of travelling with her harp - she has camac levers and a Harpers...	Janet Kurnick janet_kurnick	Jan 17, 2006 9:21 pm
154	Dear Davy, The last e-mail from you arrival perfectly, thanks. I apologise for not getting straight back to you: I've been at Celtic Connections and had...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 20, 2006 2:46 pm
155	Just to let you all know, that the Early Music Show on BBC radio 3 today is from Glasgow, Andrew Lawrence King and his band doing Scottish music, some from the...	Simon Chadwick simonchadwick	Jan 21, 2006 2:30 pm
156	Just to let you know that the February meeting of the Dublin Harpers' Circle will be taking place on Saturday 18 February in Clonsilla. If you are interested...	Niamh Tumelty niamhtumelty	Jan 24, 2006 4:35 pm
157	Folks, I hope people don't mind me constantly fishing for answers to questions! I am still musing on links between harp scales and a possible correspondance to...	Johny ramserpent	Jan 26, 2006 6:45 pm
158	John-Paul My interest is in musical scales. Now on your pentationic scale, it is a pentatonic scale, but not one of the pentatonic scales that are useful for...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Jan 27, 2006 4:04 am
159	Hallo, I'm certain I've seen articles on harp and ogam and have some "buried" around here someplace-will look for them; I also have a paper on the mathematics...	Claire Sacks wyldeharpe	Jan 27, 2006 4:43 am
160	Dia Dhaoibh, The possible relation between Ogham and music has fascinated me as well, but it's a loaded topic. Perhaps the Irish had a system analogous to that...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Jan 27, 2006 6:52 am
161	Dear John Paul, < do harp scales also work backwards > I'm thinking that the word scale means ladder which you go up and down on. Usually I...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 27, 2006 6:11 pm
162	Hi Alasdair I need some of your help: On your quote: “I play a number of tunes in two sets, one in teud leagaidh tuning and the other in leth ghleus. Fàilte...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Jan 27, 2006 8:12 pm
163	Dear Joe, Looks like we cant even use apostrophes on Yahoo now <All I know is the three scales that Edward Bunting gives on The Ancient Music of Ireland...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 28, 2006 4:03 pm
164	Dear Alasdair I am reading my way through the back files of your Yahoo SIG, so far I am into November. I have lots of opinions and would like to inflict them...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Jan 28, 2006 7:38 pm
165	... Exactly - up is normal, but if you get to the top you just go along the top and down the next side. ... I have some comments on this here: ...	Simon Chadwick simonchadwick	Jan 28, 2006 8:10 pm

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