The Clarsach Society London Branch Newsletter

For Sale and Wanted

Wanted: Pedal Harp

Wanted by impoverished student - cheap pedal harp - anything considered !

Email Andrews_486@msn.com

For Sale: Two Beautiful Small Harps

Danielle Perrett currently has in her care two beautiful small harps with a super sound made by Gillian Weiss from Australia. These were brought over to demonstrate at the Mini Harp Fest earlier in the summer here in London but due to the fact that Gillian was not going home directly to Australia she left the harps here and has asked as a favour if they could be found good homes, please. They are an absolute bargain, because they are very versatile with the following configurations included in the price ! :

1) detachable plinth for the harp to stand on the ground

2) detachable plinth with 4 legs for sitting at 'normal' chair height

3) the latter can be used as the stool on which the player sits and

4) detachable 'kneebone' stabiliser (Absolutely fantastic in Danielle's opinion!) for playing the harp as a lap harp

5) not supplied but you could play this harp standing with a strap supporting it to the body.

The harps are made of Australian woods and have 26 nylon strings. One of the instruments goes from F below middle C at the bottom to C three octaves above middle C at the top whilst the other has C an octave below middle C at the bottom to G two and a half octaves above middle C at the top. They are each an excellent buy for students or anyone wanting a super lightweight, individually made and honestly crafted instrument at only £650 per harp ono. They are not cheapskate !

You can see other harps made by Gillian on her website www.weissharps.homestead.com. These harps are most similar to lap harp no 2 on the site except that they are a lovely rich brown wood, not black as on the website. If interested, please contact Danielle via mail@clarsachsoclondon.co.uk

Danielle has not become a harp dealer and is not profiting from this, by the way !

For Sale: Lyon & Healy Style 11 Gold (47 strings)

Please contact Ellen Smith for further details:

01634 721063 / 07736 069445 or email ellenharpist@yahoo.com

For Sale: CDs

Christina Sonnemann (Tasmania) - ‘the girl with the flaxen hair' - harp & voice, including She Moved through the Fair, La Fille au cheveux de lin, Variation on a Theme of Mozart, and others.

Danielle Perrett - Sept Sonates Progressives (F. J. Naderman).
See www.beartramka.com for programme notes.

Either of the above CDs is available from Danielle Perrett for £10 plus £1.50 p&p (cheques should be made payable to Danielle Perrett).

Wanted:

LP called "Harps of the Ancient Temples" .   It was probably by Paul Beaver, and created in California.  It had a beige cover of an Egyptian in brown playing the harp. If you can help please contact Geri at GeriSul@aol.com - ideally she would like to buy it, but if not she would like to make a copy of it if possible.