Harps made by Man with Angels In Mind : Guide to Harp Making : 2

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5.	The second choice is a challenge for the enthusiastic DIY woodworker involving the construction of moulds, mortise and tenon joints, rub jointing soundboard sections and the use of hand held electrically powered tools, such as a router, drilling machine, belt sander, orbital sander etc.

The following models fall within in the above category.

	b.	The Gothic Standard, which is similar in size and shape to the Gothic Slim line with the addition of a moulded sound box.
	c.	The Brian Boru, centre strung, bronze wire strung harp.
	d.	The 38 String Student harp.

Examples of moulded soundboxes


Oblong moulded plywood soundboxes		Semi circular moulded soundbox

The third choice is for the ambitious wood working enthusiast and involves the construction of panelled sound box, mortise and tenon joints,rub jointed soundboard sections, cutting out router jigs and the use of hand held electrically powered tools, such as a router, drilling machine, belt sander, orbital sander and a number of G clamps and conventional wood working tools.


	e.	The 31 String traditional harp.
	f.	The 75 String Triple harp (Is Cywair Fach)
	g.	The 98 String Triple harp.


Planeing panel support spars on sound box sub-frame. 98 Spring Triple harp in background.	Gluing side panels to panel support spars

Harps a.b.c.e and f. are classed as Celtic harps fitted with hand operated semi-tone blades situated in front of each string which when rotated through 90°in the direction of the string until it makes contact, The point of interception is situated 1/18th of the length of the string below the rest pin .

Fitting semitone blade to 31 string traditional harp.	Adjusting using semitone hook.
	Incorrect Method : Turning semitone blade away from string
	Correct Method : Turning semitone blade towards string

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