Documentation and designs for making the harp
The sound box of the harp - waiting for the glue to set
Templates for the harp frame
Sound board - made of baldic birch plywood and a black walnut sound strip
Harp assemble less strings and harp hardware
This was a project that M'Lady Christiana was dreaming of for the past four years, and has manage to obtain enough research to build the harp. It is a lot easier to obtain plans and information for guitars than the magical harp. The problem now lays in obtaining the harp hardware, but with presistance Christiana will. Testing the sound box and board with a nylon guitar string the sound is promising. This instrument was enter into the Machiavelli A&S (SCA) - November 2010, along with the a lute, Spanish guitar, and a classic guitar made in Oct 2010. The harp is made of tulip wood for the harp frame, walnut and baldic birch for the sound board and tulip wood for the sound box. All parts of wood were made by M'Lady Christiana Elizabeth Constable. Since May of 2011 the harp is now completed and now has all its hardware and is playable. It was also enter at Banner Wars North (Connacht), where is was well received by the judges.
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