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NT Harps / Alex Tree
United Kingdom
Приєднався 24 тра 2020
Harp repair, restoration, making and everything else harpy.
A window into what goes on behind the scenes at the Niebisch and Tree workshop. From making new harps to servicing and all types of repairs. Working on all types of harps from early Erard grecians to modern Horgachers.
To find out more about us you can visit our website www.niebischandtree.com give us a ring on 01494 913 686 email at ntharps@outlook.com or even pop in to see us at our workshop in High Wycombe.
A window into what goes on behind the scenes at the Niebisch and Tree workshop. From making new harps to servicing and all types of repairs. Working on all types of harps from early Erard grecians to modern Horgachers.
To find out more about us you can visit our website www.niebischandtree.com give us a ring on 01494 913 686 email at ntharps@outlook.com or even pop in to see us at our workshop in High Wycombe.
Horngacher Phoenix - For Sale
Stunning Horngacher Phoenix in Mahogany finish with an amazing sound. The harp is generally in excellent condition, the mechanism functions well and has almost no buzzes or twangs which are common on Horngacher harps. The neck is straight and the soundboard has a little belly. The harp was made in 2000 and has some cosmetic marks on the pillar and neck but the body and soundboard are in very good condition.
See our website for details www.niebischandtree.co.uk/used-harps.html
See our website for details www.niebischandtree.co.uk/used-harps.html
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From Gold To Old - Erard Gothic Moulding Repair Part 2
Переглядів 34Місяць тому
Part 2 of the moulding repair. Gilding amd them blending it in. #harp #Gilding #warhammer #restoration #luthier
Moulding Repair on a Flood Damaged Erard Gothic Harp
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Replacing the final missing moulding on this lovely spiral Erard Gothic. The harp was flood damaged and unfortunately a lot of the mouldings fell off. #harp #restoration #luthier
What Actually Happens When Your Pedal Harp Gets a Service.
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You've likely had your harp serviced many times over the years but might not know what we're really doing, so here's a little video giving an overview of what happens behind closed doors 😉 #harp #luthier #pedalharp
How To Tie a Harp String Knot - In Detail
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A probably over detailed explanation of how to tie a harp string knot. #harp #harpstrings #luthier
Harp Soundboards - What To Look Out For When Buying A Used/Second Hand Harp
Переглядів 2624 місяці тому
A quick run down of some things to look out for when it comes to soundboards and used harps. As well as a bunch of fluffy monsters 🐕 #harp #usedharp #luthier #soundboard
Harp Makers Workshop Walk Through Tour
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Had a bit of a clean up of the workshop (yes this is clean for us 😃) so thought I would do a little tour. plenty of stuff I missed but gives a little overview. #harp #harpmaker #workshop #luthier
Slowly Inking The Decoration On a Lyon & Healy Soundboard - Boring? Interesting? ASMR? You Tell Me.
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Very slowly inking the detail over gold on this Lyon & Healy 23 soundbaord. Don't know if anyone will find it interesting but I recorded it so here it is 😅 Background workshop noise which I haven't checked fully so hopefully there's nothing dodgy going on. #harp #luthier #lyonandhealy
How To Change The Pedal Felts On Your Own Harp
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A quick video showing you how to change the pedal felts on your harp. it's pretty easy just needs a little practice. the tools I used are: Hot glue gun (doesn't matter what type, cheap or expensive they all do the job) Glue sticks (don't skimp here, good quality sticks will hold a lot better) New Stanley blade (or any other very sharp blade) 2.5cmish block of wood pedal felt (usually piano bush...
What's Inside Your Harps Soundboard and Why
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A brief insight into what makes a harp soundboard, and a little dance 😅 Forgot to mention that the backstrip and top strip are made from quarter sawn beech, and the harmonic bars are made from spruce. #harp #pedalharp #luthier #woodworking
Lyon & Healy Style 30 - A Closer Look
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A closer look at this beautiful lyon & Healy Style 30. let me know if you have any harps you would like to see in future or want anything looked at in more detail. #harp #concertharp #luthier #lyonandhealy
Recreating Lyon & Healy Soundboard Decoration Using Real Gold Leaf - Part 1 - Gilding
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Recreating Lyon & Healy Soundboard Decoration Using Real Gold Leaf - Part 1 - Gilding
Aoyama Pedal Harp Brought Back to Life - Cracked Body Repair
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Aoyama Pedal Harp Brought Back to Life - Cracked Body Repair
Erard Gothic harp restoration - making and fitting a new neck (slideshow)
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Erard Gothic harp restoration - making and fitting a new neck (slideshow)
Bike tyre veneer press, veneering an Obermayer/Horngacher harp neck
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Bike tyre veneer press, veneering an Obermayer/Horngacher harp neck
Erard Gothic pedal harp external mechanism reassembly
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Erard Gothic pedal harp external mechanism reassembly
Dismantling an Erard spiral gothic pedal harp
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Dismantling an Erard spiral gothic pedal harp
Salvi 47 string harp mechanism internal workings
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Salvi 47 string harp mechanism internal workings
Erard gothic pedal harp, carving of decorative moulding in to Satinwood.
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Erard gothic pedal harp, carving of decorative moulding in to Satinwood.
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Я в России делаю Арфы Resonance Harps
I recently purchased an Aoyama 47A, which has a very nice sound. Although it’s 30 years old and shows some rippling, it's not very pronounced. However, from the inside, I noticed a crack that extends about 3/4 of the way across the soundboard on the side where it was originally glued down, with a gap of up to 3mm. Would filling this gap from the inside using a syringe and System Three T-88 high-quality 2-component epoxy help to prolong the working life of the harp? If so, should I do it with the strings lightly relaxed or with no tension at all? Thanks a lot, Paul
Hi, unfortunately it won't help much. Without proper surface preparation the resin won't form a strong bond to the wood. It shouldn't have any adverse effects if you did want to give it a go. Releasing the tension will allow the soundboard to relax down a little and hopefully the resin will hold it like that for a while at least.
@@alextreeharpsi Will report the resuls. It's very delicate process. I got pen micro dremmel to clean old glue, endoscopic camera, carbon nanotube filter for epoxy, West system 105 epoxy. I hope that little bit of epoxy won't change sound much.I will go for one side first with half relaxed strings, using syringe and camera. It's extended soundboard so access is bad. Wish me luck. And than you for you honest answer
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Thanks so much for sharing. Just tried this on a string replacement, and I must say I like it much more than the rabbit ear method I’ve been using till now.
Glad to hear it.
Great video, especially for a tricky thing to show like a knot. It's slightly different to how I do mine but probably a bit more straightforward. I'll be sure to share this with my customers
Thanks, glad if it is of some use.
Hey my name is Johnny Flynn (the screenhandle is because my daughter shares the UA-cam account with me), but I’m based out of Washington DC in the US and have a quick question about harp maintenance/repair. However, I don’t know if the comments section on here is the most appropriate of possible mediums for transmitting those questions.
Go for it, other people may also find the answer helpful.
It's difficult to know when the belly has gone into the danger zone.
Me or the harp 😅
Really good info here, thanks for putting it out there 👍
Captivatingly brilliant
It looks like birdseye maple -positively lovely!
Satinwood from what I remember from their early '90s catalogue showing all the different veneer options (and also the different veneer options for the Style 23 gold). I don't know where my copy of that catalogue has gone, but it's got to be somewhere as I wouldn't have binned it.
More dancing please
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Thanks for sharing! I’m curious how the glue-up process is for the strips of soundboard wood. Do you lay them flat and weigh it all down with something and clamp them lengthwise? Or clamp the lines where the pieces meet?
Yep that's the one, tend to glue everything together in one or two rounds, using sash clamps and some big vices balanced on top to stop everything springing up.
Thanks! How did they handle the veneer on the round of the knee?!?
I've not done it myself but I believe it's cutting triangles of veneer and spending a long time shaping them round the knuckle
I had an Arianna from 2002 and there were several places on the soundboard where it had three layers to increase the thickness in strategic areas which I assume was done to enhance specific registers. It definitely had an effect as my teacher remarked on how strong the mid rage was on it compared to her L&H Style 23 gold and that was when I only had it a few days after I bought it new. Do you ever see any L&H Salzedos? I know there was one at Holywell Music back in around 2013 and I doubt there were many before or after that for sale here which is a shame given how popular they are in the US and mainland Europe.
I think you also had a harp with a good sound as I've seen harps with the special harmonic bars that sound very bland. Don't see many salzedos here but plenty when I go for servicing trips to Norway.
I've only done this with a fine paint brush, this is wild and HIGHLY ENTERTAINING!
Its FANTASTIC! ❤
I wish one day to play in an Erard!
You did great!
This was a fun close up of one of favorite models!
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I loved this video! greetings from Argentina
Wonderful video! Your dancing was hilarious... so much fun! 😂❤
I think you mean, it was very skillful and I should probably be one of the professional dancers on the next series of strictly 😅😉
@@alextreeharps ...🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you! Such great video for a harpist to learn about their instrument
Glad you like it 👍🏻
It would be tough but the Salvi is a wonderful harp! The half scroll column always looked half finished to me. Lol
Ahhaa the Salvi one for me
Great video, but missed your helpful pup this time😁😁 ! A would love to see similar for an Erard
I can certainly do that, and hopefully bring the dogo in for that one as well 😃
Very nice
Hi there, Can you please do this type of video when you have an Aoyama pedal harp? I would love to know more about them compared to LH or Salvi. These types of in depth info from a harp tech/harp builder is so so precious we probably can't get anywhere else. So please do one when you have an Aoyama. Thank you
Next time we get an Aoyama in I will make sure to do a video on it.
@@alextreeharps thank you so much! :)
That was 100% on you lmao
Ahhh man. Brutal. Hate those moments.
Nice
😂😂😂
Oh well....trying and trying can get costly. All the best 😅
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LOVE Salvi harps! This one looks rather new to have neck problems! What was the cause of it being broken? Just curious...
I think it's about 35 years old (not great on salvi serial numbers). Not sure of the cause but it has cracked right through under the last arbour. It's likely that it took a knock in the past but the owner didn't notice the damage at the time.
Great video. Can you give an estimate of what a really really long time? 30 years? 50 years? I love your "Assistant "❤
It will vary, but if it were played for a couple of hours everyday I would expect it to last a good 20 plus years.
@@alextreeharps .... thanks Alex!
@@alextreeharps....now.... go find that damn buzz! 🤣🤣🤣
Nice harp. Nice dog.
Nice
Wow!
I'm really surprised that anyone was willing to do this kind of extreme repair work -- very happy to see such a lovely harp back to its music-making state!
Impressive!
Is that shellac you are using at the end? How do you burnish sections if there is a shellac coating??
Fascinating!! Beautiful craftsmanship!!
Those clamps really come in handy
Should it NOT make that clicking sound? I thought you want it to be silent!
Simply beautiful work! You are a true artist, thank you for sharing.
Wonderful repair! It's absolutely beautiful. You'd never know it was ever repaired!
Did you carbon fibre reinforce this neck? If that's the new neck for Alex's straight soundboard Obermeyer, I noticed the two dark layers on the inside edge of the neck a few weeks back, only the light was poor so I couldn't see it clearly enough.
Yes its Alex's harp. Its not carbon fibre, we use a special resin bonded laminate which is more resistant to the twisting forces than carbon fibre.
@@alextreeharps ..... WOW!!