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My first project for LJ!
I made this harp for my wife. It is made from quilted maple and has a spruce sounding board. Although you can buy it in kit form, I built it from scratch using blueprints I purchased from a company in Oregon. Here is a link to their website:
http://www.markwoodstrings.com/cambria.htm
After the pictures were taken, I added levers to each string so that it could be quickly adjusted to play in different keys.
It was a very fun project and wasn’t terribly difficult to build. The grain of the sounding board has to lie horizontally to the case and decreases in thickness from 1/4” at the bottom to 1/8” at the top. It is necessary to build a sled for a drum sander to accomplish this.
The scariest part of this project is stringing the harp. There is a tremendous amount of tension pulling at the soundboard and by design, it flexes quite a bit when it is fully tuned. I kept expecting the soundboard to pop off and sail around the room but it hasn’t, so far.
-- Lloyd, Portland, OR., www.woodturnerpro.com
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trifern
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#1 posted 1779 days ago
Simply amazing! The wood is beautiful and your attention to details are admirable. This will be making music and admired for centuries. Thank you for sharing.
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stanley2
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#2 posted 1779 days ago
What a gift! We have a friend who makes peruvian harps and plays as well. Not only a beautiful piece but great for the soul too.
-- Phil in British Columbia
dennis mitchell
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#3 posted 1779 days ago
Beautiful
Daren Nelson
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#4 posted 1779 days ago
Gorgeous
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SteveKorz
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#5 posted 1779 days ago
Wow, that is truely amazing… what a great project!
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ShannonRogers
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#6 posted 1779 days ago
This is outstanding! It is hard to believe that you have never made something like this before. Did you make the inlay as well from scratch?
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rikkor
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#7 posted 1779 days ago
Excellent! I really like the inlay. How does she like the tone?
Blake
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#8 posted 1779 days ago
That’s a beautiful instrument and a work of art in itself! Welcome to Lumberjocks!
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CharlieM1958
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#9 posted 1779 days ago
Incredible! Beautiful display of woodworking!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Russel
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#10 posted 1779 days ago
I’m always impressed by people who make instruments. There’s a level of detail that is beyond me at this point. Well done, sir.
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Callum Kendall
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#11 posted 1779 days ago
Wow, Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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suliman
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#12 posted 1779 days ago
Incredible ,ABSULUTE WONDERFUL.
I LIKE IT.
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Greg Wurst
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#13 posted 1779 days ago
Beautiful harp!
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ND2ELK
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#14 posted 1779 days ago
Simply beautiful. You did an outstanding job on this piece. Great inlay and craftmanship. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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GaryK
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#15 posted 1779 days ago
Great looking job. I love making instruments.
-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
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