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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.
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18 comments so far
trifern
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posted 93 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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posted 93 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.
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dennis mitchell
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posted 93 days ago
Beautiful
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Daren Nelson
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posted 93 days ago
Gorgeous
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SteveKorz
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posted 93 days ago
Wow, that is truely amazing… what a great project!
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ShannonRogers
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posted 93 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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posted 93 days ago
Excellent! I really like the inlay. How does she like the tone?
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Blake
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posted 93 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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posted 93 days ago
Incredible! Beautiful display of woodworking!
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Russel
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posted 93 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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thetimberkid
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posted 93 days ago
Wow, Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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suliman
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posted 93 days ago
Incredible ,ABSULUTE WONDERFUL.
I LIKE IT.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 93 days ago
Beautiful harp!
ND2ELK
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posted 93 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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posted 93 days ago
Great looking job. I love making instruments.
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Doug S.
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posted 93 days ago
Wow that’s stunning, and the execution looks great. I’ve been thinking of doing a Celtic Harp too, except mine was going to be about a 3” tall one, rather flat, inlaid on a box lid, and wont sound near as good:-)
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MsDebbieP
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posted 92 days ago
absolutely gorgeous – an amazing accomplishment if you ask me!
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Woodhacker
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posted 92 days ago
Lloyd, you did an amazing job here! I’m sure your wife will cherish this forever. It is truly beautiful.
Thanks for posting it.
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