He also built some fiberglass harps which were actually very good.
Arsalaan
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, G. Howard Bryan wrote:
> In Paris is a store, Le Magazin du Harpe, where they have plastic pedal
> harps. They are small, about the size of a Salvi Daphne, and have a unique
> mechanism that uses what looks like Kevlar fishing line to actuate the
> disks. The sound is very so-so, but they are designed as inexpensive
> student instruments. Interesting concept.
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> At 01:29 PM 1/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Date sent: 22-JAN-1997
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> >>So many things are being made of super-hard super-strong super-durable
> >>plastic these days; would it be possible to make harps of plastic?
> >>If so, what would their properties be?
> >>Marijo mmc@centuryinter.net
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> >That depends on the plastic and the component of the harp. Certainly
> >there would be no problem making some parts of harps from plastic (such
> >as the pillars which are not significant in sound production). It would
> >be difficult to produce a soundbox from plastic which would have the
> >same qualities as wood. Then again production of large plastic parts
> >on a relatively small scale from most plastics would not be
> >commercially feasible due to the expense of the processing equipment.
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> >In any case, would a plastic harp be able to tell you its name or
> >would it just say "Dupont"?
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> >Ed Margerum
> > emargerum@mecn.mass.edu
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> Howard
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> hbryan@pipeline.com
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