Very useful instruction, thank you. Just got my first bowed psaltery. But it will require some TLC before I can start playing it. The wife of it's previous owner got pissed at him about something, cut through all the strings. It then got passed around like an unwanted child. The bridge insert piece fell out somewhere along the way,, bows are missing, long gone. But the psaltery itself has now found it's way to me, will become a part of my musical collection. I'm researching what I'll need to know to bring it back to life. What to make the missing bridge piece out of. What strings are best and how to correctly install them. How to tune and play it once it recovers from it's trauma. Bows are not locally available, so will need to find or make a set of those. Think my autoharp tuning wrench will fit the tuning pegs, if not, that too goes on the list of required items for it's resurrection. A little time and patience, it will live again.
Do you make a 37 string psaltery? Also what is the one you are holding classified, tenor, soprano? I want to buy one very soon so that is why i am asking. Your showing how to do the glissando and how to lift the weight to stop the raspy sound as well as the beautiful resonance of this instrument has taken away my reservations about getting one as I hated the broken spaces between the notes and hearing you play helps me see what it can really sound like as opposed to how it sounds when some people play. Thank you.
Thank you for the awesome lessons!
Very useful instruction, thank you. Just got my first bowed psaltery. But it will require some TLC before I can start playing it. The wife of it's previous owner got pissed at him about something, cut through all the strings. It then got passed around like an unwanted child. The bridge insert piece fell out somewhere along the way,, bows are missing, long gone. But the psaltery itself has now found it's way to me, will become a part of my musical collection. I'm researching what I'll need to know to bring it back to life. What to make the missing bridge piece out of. What strings are best and how to correctly install them. How to tune and play it once it recovers from it's trauma. Bows are not locally available, so will need to find or make a set of those. Think my autoharp tuning wrench will fit the tuning pegs, if not, that too goes on the list of required items for it's resurrection. A little time and patience, it will live again.
Wow that was some good advice
Do you make a 37 string psaltery? Also what is the one you are holding classified, tenor, soprano? I want to buy one very soon so that is why i am asking. Your showing how to do the glissando and how to lift the weight to stop the raspy sound as well as the beautiful resonance of this instrument has taken away my reservations about getting one as I hated the broken spaces between the notes and hearing you play helps me see what it can really sound like as opposed to how it sounds when some people play. Thank you.
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