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Moss Harp Service is Relocating

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Dear clients and friends:

I am writing to let you know that my family and I will be relocating from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Corvallis, Oregon in mid-July, 2010. My wife Jenny is starting work on a Doctorate in Human Development at Oregon State University next fall. For many of you, this change will not have an effect. I will continue to travel around the U.S. performing harp regulations, and I intend to continue visiting the locations that I have been regularly servicing during the past few years. For my West coast Customers, I am looking forward to providing more convenient and frequent service than I have been able to in the past.

For my Wisconsin and Chicago area customers, I look forward to returning to the area periodically, and hope that many of you will choose to continue working with me. I understand, though, that you do have a choice of technicians, and if you choose to switch to another technician located nearby, I will certainly understand. If you would like to have your harp serviced before I leave the area, please contact me and I’ll do my best to help you. My road service schedule is very heavy starting this June, but I have some openings over the next two months.

I am sad to be leaving behind many friends in the Midwest, where I’ve lived all of my life. At the same time, my family and I are excited about our new home. After five years of Milwaukee winters, we’re ready for a change!

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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