Introduction...

Up until a few months ago I had absolutely no clue as to what an Autoharp was.
Watching a live music show on television one night I saw an artist holding a rather bizarre looking 'box' with strings - later on, after much 'googling' I discovered this 'box' was an Autoharp.
Some weeks later I happen to mention it to a friend that I had a growing interest in this instrument, her father heard and happened to have one knocking around up in the eves of his house and kindly offered it to me.
The first part of this blog will be following my restoration work of this instrument.
I shall also be collating information, news, and lists of suppliers for everything Autoharp; as I am hastily discovering, the Autoharp is not an easy instrument to source parts for and information on.

Sunday, 3 July 2011

Strings...

Sorry I have not posted for some time now.
I am having difficulty finding strings for my autoharp, the only strings I can find are 'ball-ended' and I need a loop ended strings, as the bottom of my autoharp has small, rather crude, metal pins for the strings.

Will grommet ended strings be ok? I have been tempted to try.

That or I have found an American website that sells string combs, so I could just modify my autoharp.
(http://www.elderly.com)

Now I have discovered this website I keep looking more and more at their autoharp items...
Looks like I need to save up some money and get on with repairing my instrument.
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