Hello and thanks for Your nice feedback. The harp I play is Dusty Strings FH34 with square - or so called "hybrid staveback": manufacturing.dustystrings.com/harp-models/fh34. Dusty Strings have model FH34S with staved soundbox, too.: manufacturing.dustystrings.com/harp-models/fh34s. I like both models - the biggest difference is that the string tension of FH34S is a bit lower than FH34. To my fingers FH34 feels a bit more robust (which is a nice thing) but this is a matter of taste. FH34 harps are made of real wood and the wood material matters a lot. For example FH34 in walnut is a bit darker that FH34 in cherry. I prefer Cherry : - )

Thanks so much for your reply Jouni...and I reall do love your playing!

Hello, Joan. It's mainly just an improvisation for testing the harps. But there's a short old melody from Brittany, too. It's called: "Er verc'h Margarited" - I have learned this tune from harpist Anne Postic. I try to use same recording devices on all of these "harp testing videos" - and the very same songs, too : - )

​@if you could write out the piece that would be great! I'd love to learn it

Hi, ML - I use "classic" Tascam DR-40 - it's a popular high quality recorder with build-in microphones. There is a new model out now called "DR-40X" with a better display.

Thank You for this positive feedback. The harp I play is Dusty Strings FH34 in walnut. Because of walnut it has very mellow sound and lovely, deep bass. Almost as good as what You have with Your Merlin harp!

Yes it is. And sorry to inform You that the lovely Teifi harps are no more in production: facebook.com/TeifiHarps/

Thank You, Morrigan! The "secret" behind the sound quality of this live location recording is the combination of contact microphones (Internal Dusty Harp P20) and external acoustic stereo microphones of Tascam DR-40 recorder. With a contact microphones you get a nice "tight" sound without any disturbing sounds of the environment. And with the acoustic stereo microphone of DR-40 (which is placed about 0,5 meters from the harp ) You get a nice "airy and fresh" sound. The result is a combination (mix) of these with some moderate Eq and Reverb. Great You like this!

Thank You for Your kind feedback. This is my own arrangement of Gwenaël Kerléos lovely piece and there is no sheet music available for this version, sorry to say. But You can find sheet music of the original version here: shop.camac-harps.com/en/product/kerleo-gwenael-eternite/

Thank You 千葉咲枝. This is my own arrangement of Gwenaël Kerléos lovely piece and there is no sheet music available for this version, sorry to say. But You can find sheet music of the original version here: shop.camac-harps.com/en/product/kerleo-gwenael-eternite/

@ Thank you for your kindness! I would like to challenge myself.

With the Dusty strings, the Crescendo is around $3600, and all FH are around the $4000-6000 range.

I have both - Dusty Strings Ravenna 27 and Camac Odyssey : - ) www.audiox.fi/vuokraharput/

What a surprise! Thanks, Simo!

Thank You for Your nice comments. The harps on the background are own by Oideas Gael - The Irish Culture Centre in Glenkolumbkille, county Donegal in Ireland: www.oideas-gael.com/en/ I suppose they are "Starter Model" of instrument maker Jan Muyllaert irishharps.net/ In his own words: "In the early seventies I introduced the ‘student’ model. This was to provide a cheaper harp for beginners. It proved so popular 80% of my production was taken up by it. This meant a lot of time producing the same item, virtually removing all need for creativity so it became very boring. I discontinued that harp and replaced it by a better, if more expensive, standard model. This involves more satisfaction for me, the maker, and a nicer instrument for the client. They also have a better re-sale value!" irishharps.net/?page_id=41

Thank You Debbie for Your kind words. No sheet music yet, sorry to say - but maybe some day...