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Harp Care Video Now Available Online

by | Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

book cover - How to Regulate Your Lever Harp, Book 1: The Loveland Lever

Our popular DVD, Harp Care with Steve Moss, is now available as a digital video online through our Vimeo page. You can stream it or download it to your device, and save 40% off the cost of the DVD and shipping. You can even rent it for an even lower price.

 

Harp Care with Steve Moss is a complete video course in basic harp care and maintenance. The video contains over 80 minutes worth of  step-by-step demonstrations and clear, concise information. In no time, you’ll be able to clean, tune, restring, and move your harp like a pro.

Chapters Include:

  • Tuning Your Harp: including detailed instructions for both lever and pedal harps
  • Cleaning and Maintaining Your Harp: the lowdown on safe cleaning methods
  • Replacing Bass Wires: No more dreading a broken wire when you can fix it yourself
  • Replacing Strings: Learn the techniques professionals use
  • Moving Your Harp With a Dolly: the keys to safe and easy moving – even on stairs!
  • Transporting your Harp: simple tools and techniques that make car trips a breeze

Like the DVD, the new online version is divided into chapters for easy navigation to the topic you’d like to learn about. Check it out here.

 

 

A note about those lever harps that do use pedal harp string names: depending on size, part of the first octave may be missing. 34 string harps such as the Lyon & Healy Ogden go up to first octave A. 36 string Troubadours go up to first C. I mentioned earlier that the highest complete octave on a pedal harp is the first, and strings above it are in the zero octave. On some lever harps, the highest complete octave is the second, not the first. More confusion, especially considering that many people own smaller harps when they are new to the harp. For this reason, we’ve also created string charts for common lever harp models, and you can find those here.

On a smaller lever harp, the highest complete octave may be the second, not the first.

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