Demo of the Ancient Celtic wire strung harp: 28 brass strings from 2nd G below middle C. Made of cherry wood from Steve Leonard. Chaffing nails and string noises by the itinerant dwarf that wanders by to play every now…
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Just Off the Bench
The Ancient Celtic, the largest of Folc Harp’s wire strung harps. Cherry wood, 28 red and yellow brass strings from 2nd G below middle C to high F. See available harps page for complete specs.
Haunted Tools
October is waning towards Samhain and so why should I be surprised that the table saw is possessed by demons. Oh, the damn things are diabolical enough on the best of days, disagreeable and dangerous. If I were any kind…
String Shoe Jigs
One might imagine that the craftsman’s time is spent using rare and fine tools to make the finished work. But no. Most of the time is spent making the tools. And jigs. And a lot of time still in making…
A demo of the latest harp
So ‘latest’ in fact that the stings have not been on it for 24 hours yet. I’ve been reading the Outlander series and find that the Skye Boat Song is used as the theme for the TV production. “Och, nae…
Equinox Harp
A harp finished on equinox day. The Ancient Enigma Cherry wood, 25 brass strings.
All Around the Mulberry Tree
A few years back every trip to my favorite lumber-man included a spiel for stack of mulberry wood he had. It looked unsuitable to me for harp making, too dense, and the grain too coarse. But when the third trip…
Maple Enigma
Maple, the blessing and bane of the luthier, the queen of tone woods. It is no coincidence that very fine violins, guitars, mandolins etc. are made of maple. But maple is very hard, even this soft maple, and it laughs…
The Last of the Sassafras
The Ancient Enigma wire strung harp made of sassafras wood. 25 red and yellow brass strings from C below middle C to high F. Sassafras wood is incidental. The scrawny little shrubs whose roots are harvested for sassafras tea will,…
Ancient Celtic
Here is the Ancient Celtic. Here it is “in the white” , that is, with the raw wood scraped down the final dusty surface. Then with some mineral spirits applied to clean away the dust, show how the wood grain…