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Post by mitchfit on Jan 22, 2021 23:01:20 GMT
guess I could learn to play one of these in just 1-2 generations.
then the time required to learn useful tunings of extra string sets...
well played cover of "Scarborough Fair":
mitchfit
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Post by leeophonic on Jan 23, 2021 7:13:25 GMT
Friend of the forum Martyn Roper of the world famous Washboard resonators has recently done a piece on such guitars.
Check it out and his other videos for guitar and music related chit chat.
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Post by biscuit on Jan 26, 2021 12:50:46 GMT
Harp guitars have a long tradition here in Vienna, they are known as Kontragitarren or Schrammelgitarren (named after the famous Schrammel quartet founded by brothers Johann and Josef Schrammel in 1878).
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 26, 2021 20:26:19 GMT
then the time required to learn useful tunings...
I wonder at how the enormous tension of all those strings must pull at the body of the sound chambers.
mitchfit
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Post by thebluesbear( al) on Jan 26, 2021 20:52:49 GMT
hi everyone.
my buddy in brussels benoit meulle stef of BMS guitars in brussels makes them as a passion . i tried one as a joke and it felt like you needed to be a octopus, to play them......beautiful instruments ,
greetings
al
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 26, 2021 21:01:55 GMT
It sounds great with nylon strings and Muriel plays beautifully. The Neumann KM184 works well with it too. There are some fine makers of harp guitars around the world - Benoit Meulle-Stef at www.bmsguitars.com / Michael Dunn in Canada at www.michaeldunnguitars.com - are two that I know of. A couple of times I have been tempted by old Knutsen instruments, but when I picked them up to play them it is like trying to play a wardrobe with strings on!  Jim Holstein of Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians Shine On Michael |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 7:42:45 GMT
like trying to play a wardrobe with strings on! Shine On Michael Where's pete1951? TT |
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