by Steve Moss | Jan 2, 2017 | Harp Strings |
Happy New Year! While you’re putting together your list of resolutions for this year, how about instituting a string replacement schedule? Your harp only sounds as good as its strings, and unfortunately strings do deteriorate with age and use. While it is...
by Steve Moss | Dec 1, 2016 | Harp Strings |
Since a harp’s bass wires are thicker and stiffer than the rest of its strings, many harpists choose to avoid replacing their own, preferring to have a technician do the job during a regulation. But if you’d like to do it yourself, or one breaks and you...
by Steve Moss | Nov 1, 2016 | Harp Moving |
As we head toward the holiday season, and it starts to get cold in many parts of the northern hemisphere, a question I am asked a lot is whether it is safe to move a harp on very cold days. Fortunately, as long as you take basic precautions, the answer is yes. You may...
by Steve Moss | Oct 1, 2016 | Harp Moving |
If you play your harp for any length of time, someone is inevitably going to ask you to bring it to play at their wedding or other social function. If you’re not used to harp moving, the prospect can seem daunting. But with a little knowledge and...
by Steve Moss | Sep 1, 2016 | troubleshooting |
One of the most common and annoying harp buzzes is caused by unwanted vibrations where the strings are anchored in the soundboard. Fortunately this is also one of the easiest buzzes to eliminate. With a little patience and detective work, you can easily fix that...
by Steve Moss | Aug 2, 2016 | Harp Finishes |
It happens to every harp sooner or later. You do your best to be careful when you move. You load your harp in the car with care. You ask the violists nicely for the thousandth time not to push their chairs into your harp. But no matter how hard you try, the time will...
by Steve Moss | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized |
As part of a standard regulation, I always replace a harp’s pedal felts, the red pads that cover the pedals where they sit in the pedal slots. But why? Often, they look just fine. Sure, if they go too long without replacement, they can get torn up and really...
by Steve Moss | Dec 16, 2015 | Harp Repairs, Uncategorized |
Q: I have a Lyon and Healy 23 and I was given a gold crown for my birthday. I thought when I took off the wood crown that the gold crown would be an easy installation using the same holes for the screws. Guess I was wrong. Do you have any “installation for...
by Steve Moss | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Attention recent and future Salvi Harp buyers. The company now requires that new instruments be registered within 30 days of purchase in order to be covered under warranty. Visit the following site to register: https://warranty.salviharps.com.
by Steve Moss | Aug 2, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Most harpists don’t have a professional technician based in their home towns. If you do, this article will bore the heck out of you. Please return to looking at cat videos. If not, you probably have your harp serviced by a technician who comes to your city...
