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Post by mnhermit on Aug 14, 2012 10:13:53 GMT -5
What should I look for in a used auto-harp? What's a price range for auto-harps? Is there a Martin/Taylor of auto-harps? I just remember them from early music classes (when the teacher would travel from school to school). Seemed like a cool stringed instrument - and you didn't have to learn how to play chords, like an accordion, one button chording  . |
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Post by billhammond on Aug 14, 2012 10:16:51 GMT -5
What should I look for in a used auto-harp? What's a price range for auto-harps? Is there a Martin/Taylor of auto-harps? I just remember them from early music classes (when the teacher would travel from school to school). Seemed like a cool stringed instrument - and you didn't have to learn how to play chords, like an accordion, one button chording . Aren't full autoharps illegal? Have you looked into semi-autoharps? |
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Post by Dub on Aug 14, 2012 10:19:44 GMT -5
Here you go. These autoharps sound like music, not plywood jangle boxes. Orthey Autoharps |
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Post by ducktrapper on Aug 14, 2012 10:23:43 GMT -5
What should I look for in a used auto-harp? What's a price range for auto-harps? Is there a Martin/Taylor of auto-harps? I just remember them from early music classes (when the teacher would travel from school to school). Seemed like a cool stringed instrument - and you didn't have to learn how to play chords, like an accordion, one button chording . Aren't full autoharps illegal? Have you looked into semi-autoharps? I think he should stick to muzzle loading, single shot harps just to be safe. |
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 14, 2012 11:11:04 GMT -5
Yeah, but a single shot harp would require me to become a much better musician, I'd have to hit the right note the first time. I like full auto where I can sort of come to the note by spray and pray |
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Post by ducktrapper on Aug 14, 2012 11:12:45 GMT -5
Yeah, but a single shot harp would require me to become a much better musician, I'd have to hit the right note the first time. I like full auto where I can sort of come to the note by spray and pray In that case, you'd be better served by a strat, lots of distortion and a good delay pedal.  |
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 14, 2012 11:25:08 GMT -5
already have one,,,trying to expand my collection of weapons of musical destruction.
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Post by Doug on Aug 14, 2012 12:29:04 GMT -5
already have one,,,trying to expand my collection of weapons of musical destruction. You need a big ass cowbell. |
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 14, 2012 13:25:55 GMT -5
I had an Oscar Schmidt autoharp for a long time and liked it a lot, though the range of things you can do with an autoharp is relatively limited. I'm sure the line Dub suggested is superior to the productioin Schmidts - but I'm guessing they don't let those go cheap. I'm surprised at what they're asking for Schmidts now - $300 and up.
I'm pretty sure the Carter Family used production Schmidts, at least that's what they look like in the clips I've seen.
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Post by TKennedy on Aug 14, 2012 13:30:26 GMT -5
I'd look for one that's already been tuned.
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Post by omaha on Aug 14, 2012 14:25:14 GMT -5
I'd look for one that's already been tuned.  |
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 15, 2012 10:59:52 GMT -5
Well I'm the proud owner of an older Oscar Schmidt 12 chord autoharp, tuned with the help of a nephew's Ipad app (briefly, it needs to be tuned again). The pads for the Cmaj chord bar need to be replaced (some strings are not being muted) and one of the other bars also has a couple of non-muted strings making the chord, well, discordant. But I did manage to play Hotel California, albeit badly. Kinda fun oh and I spent all of $75 on it, probably more than it's worth, but now I have model I can deconstruct for future construction |
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