Dear all, I hope you haven't all gone the way of Lindow Man this May. I've revised my webpage on úrshnaidhm subsequent to further study and you're all...
Hi Alasdair, So you go for tuning pins? I have always assumed toggles. Basically the association with "knot or tie" Also "wooden pegs" and "Jacks" points more...
Dear Simon, I remember being puzzled when a certain someone reminded me that wooden pegs would consist of the most unlikely material for tuning pins on a harp...
Dear Simon, I've revised the page to make the toggle issue more explicit. I hope that pleases you. Beannachdan, Alasdair ... wooden ... a ... only a ... for ...
Dear all, Here is the Gaelic terminology for the parts of the harp which I've put together in response to a request from Simon. The following are derived from...
Dear all, Sorry, the following are corrections. If you spot any more, let me know. tuning key - Ir. crann gléis Sc. crann ghleusda (m) "tuning staff" pillar...
I'm going to be in Dublin for the first time, but just for one night, Thursday May 24. Does anyone know a good place for live music on a Thursday night in...
Dear Edgar, It depends what kind of music you're looking for! You can just turn right or left at the top of the Upper Merrion St into Merrion Row or Baggot...
Yes, I wanted some traditional music. After all I'll be a harper in Ireland for the first time! It'd be nice to hear the real thing. I realize that the odds...
Dear Edgar, I'd go to the Cobblestone if I had just one night here. It's on the Northside across from Smithfield Square. Let me know if you want more detailed...
There's a possible reference to the meeting of the Irish and Welsh musicians circa 1100 in a Welsh poem entitled "Kerdd Am Veib Llyr ab Brychwel Powys" (Song...
If I wanted to tune some of my harp strings (say, 4 or 6 strings) up a whole tone in pitch and I wanted to avoid string breakage and stress on the soundbox,...
Dear Karen, Your Lamont is already pitched fairly high (the Student Lamonts are 2 notes lower, though I think they have a wee bit more length in the treble)....
Thanks for your reply, Simon. I'm glad you pointed out the bit about the thinner strings snapping at the same pitch. That saves me some trouble. Yes, I did...
Karen, tuning all the other strings down half a tone will certainly save snapping , but will not help the harp settle and stay in tune! Changing metal, use the...
Dear Karen, Nice timing. I'm finally starting on this material at last and it's proving very interesting. So far, I'm transposing everything in C position to...
Nice list. One small addition: Elinor Bennett's "Sea of Glass" album also contains Hun Gwenllian. I just noticed that Sea of Glass is now available at the...
Thanks, Doug. I've added "Hun Gwenllian" to the list and have also added a couple of older recordings that Simon knows of. Pekka Toivanen's CD comes with his...
... I have purchased his book/thesis from jyu.fi, and it's great, but no disc was included--there was just a slip of paper indicating that the CD was no longer...
Hi Doug, I purchased my copy from them very recently (it just arrived this week), and it came with the cd. So, perhaps they've made the cd available again? ...
There's a very interesting new article by Sally Harper. I've only just glanced at it. It discusses relating the poems of the 14th c. Welsh poet-harper Dafydd...
Hi All, I am Hannah, I have played the harp for the last twenty years (nearly). As my father makes harps for a living, i have a good knowledge of most harps...
Hello Hannah, Nice to meet you here. I was delighted to meet Tim at EIHF the other month and enjoyed chatting with him and looking at his harps. However time...
Listen to Bonnie Rideout playing Cumh Ioarla Wigton on the fiddle, from "Scotlands Music" the other week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/?item=4451402 ...
Dear Friends, The timetable for the 2007 Scoil na gClàirseach in Kilkenny has been posted on the website: http://www.irishharpschool.com/timetable.htm We hope...
Simon Chadwick
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Dear Simon, Further to our necessarily curtailed discussion today, I'll put down the features we were discussing about the patterns on the stringband of the...
Greetings list, I think I already mentioned this on the list some time ago, but if not: Moving the comhlai up to c also divides the small low-headed harps ...
