[Woodcarver] Donna's New Harp- Music

[Pauls]

Hello sir. How do i post on the list? I would be grateful if i knew how.

John Anderson <woodcarver87 at cox.net> wrote:


>Magnificent!  john a

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>  From: Donna Menke 

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>  Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:49 PM

>  Subject: [Woodcarver] Donna's New Harp- Music

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>  OK- I have given up the plan to get a good professional-looking video and I'm going to just put up something that shows how the new harp plays. We have had unbelievable problems with our computer programs and I cannot get anything to work as it has for the past 4 years. So her is an un-edited Greensleeves played on the 26 string harp I designed and just finished building. the sound is not as good as with the video camera since it was taken with just a 5MB still camera in video mode. 

>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBGG8itCnLw

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>  I used different features from many different harps to make a hybrid that was uniquely mine - and fulfilled my needs. The harp body, pillar and neck are made from walnut I had on hand, in addition to ebony used for the turned pivot where the knee-block meets the top of the box body. The dragonfly inlay has abalone shell wings and an ebony body, with real rubies for eyes. The dragonfly was inlayed into a piece of holly wood which was framed with pink ivory and then the whole assembly inlayed into the walnut of the neck.

>  If you would like to see how the harp was made please look at my blog: http://dragonflyharp.blogspot.com/  where I recorded the process step-by-step.

>  As for my playing, well I have been practicing on my own for 4 years now and this is the best I can do. I am a better harp builder than I am a player- but I enjoy both.

>  Donna Menke

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>  http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com

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