Hi,

I have finally finished my first project. I thought I would start with something easy.  


Brian.

Hi!

Yes it is made to be played. It sounds great. My wife has a wooden one that this is based on. As the weather changes, the wood moves and it goes out of tune. I thought Carbon Fibre would be more stable. I am just waiting for the strings to settle down. (Nylon strings stretch and go out of tune for a few days.) Then I will record my wife playing it.

Cost, including making the moulds and vacuum equipment (I already had a vacuum pump.) are about £700 plus £70 for harp tuning pins and strings etc.

I have learned a lot from making this.

Brian.

Stunning Is the tone any different compared to the original?

Warren

Carbon Copies Ltd

Hey, 

Wow, that is stunning!  Have you considered getting it pinstriped?

The tone is similar if not smoother and rounder. It also seems slightly louder.
It is hard to compare to my un-trained ear anyway.
I will do some recordings soon of the 2 harps. The strings are still stretching so it is going off tune quite quickly.
I have not thought about pin stripes. I have not thought of much except will it be strong enough and sound good.
There is about 700 lbs pull across all of the strings. I love the shape that the sound board has bowed into.
I am not sure if it is really and advantage but I used Twaron for the sound board. It seemed like a good idea to me.
Confirmation of a question I asked a long time ago. Yes. PT326 is strong enough to hold it.

Brian. 

Sound files. I hope this works. I have never used soundcloud before.

Brian.



https://soundcloud.com/brian_sav/wooden-harp-wav

https://soundcloud.com/brian_sav/carbon-harp-wav

the wooden one sounds more mellow, the CF one sounds a little "bright" but that may mellow once everything has settled.

Cool project though and ace result.... any more in the pipeline?

Hats off to an awesome project!!! congrats, sounds great too, although im no expert.

cheers