Bandolero by Day

My other harp, the West Kingdom legacy harp that used to belong to Siobhan the Fiddler of blessed memory, was able to be repaired! Musicmakers in Stillwater MN did a really fantastic job with the repair, even using epoxy to seal the split/separation on the soundboard so that it would expand a bit easier once the strings were brought up to tension. I am very impressed and highly recommend them if you want a lever harp, which is their bread and butter. Super nice people, lovely harps!

Now comes the fun bit: restringing and retuning it. XD Luckily I have a pretty good supply of bronze wire in the necessary gauges, and Robinson string balls to put on the ends instead of wee divots of thick wire. That's going to make the job much easier! Gonna use 0.16 wire instead of 0.14 wire for the topmost strings, cause the 0.14 is just way too fragile (having broken several of them in past).

I'll be bringing both harps with me to Warriors and Warlords and to Pennsic! Yay!