Re: not-so-minor commercial message

barbara shuwarger (bshuwarg@lausd.k12.ca.us)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 08:23:36 -0800 (PST)

Ineresting - I was researching this harp myself. The current value of a
British pound is US $1.79

Barbara

P.S. It is much cheaper to buy it directly from Ardival. The London Early
Music Shop & the US Antique Sound Workshop are charging a lot more for it.

On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, mmc wrote:

> In addition to being made of animal skin, they have only eight strings
> which would make them severely limited. For the same $350 dollars plus
> maybe a little more you could get a real harp like the Heartland Lyra I
> am expecting any minute.
>
> I was looking for a bray harp and found a picture on the Internet. I
> sent a letter of inquiry (UK) about it (Crathes Renaissance Bray Harp).
> It has 19 strings, nylon or gut; bray pins;hollowed out Soundbox for 431
> pounds plus 30 pounds for shipping. Approximately what is the US value
> of a pound? Or the other way around?
>
> We sure have lots of choices........And then there is the thumb drum.
>
> Marijo
>