When I make a new harp, only the basic design is determined. The further shaping is totally dependent on individual preferences. Harps can have a large variety of design features and ornaments, for example:
- Historical Celtic artwork (e.g. sword blade ornaments).
- Celtic knotwork as developed and explained in George Bain’s Celtic Art.
- Sculptoring and plastic shaping of the harp’s neck, head and pillar.
- Entarsies: carvings, patterns and gemstones worked into the wood.
Type "Silmaril" with Celtic carvings & entarsies
Eagle’s head: sculpture on the pillar’s top.
It fills me with great pleasure to build individual and custom shaped harps — This is always a challenging experience and a good way to let the aesthetic ideas and personal wishes of the customer be part of the process – everything is possible !
This example shows many techniques in one:- Celtic knotwork,
- Entarsies (made of ebony),
- Brass plating with etched ornaments, and
- Gem stones worked into the wood surface.
Click on the brass plating
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Type "John Egan" with Celtic carving
Available Timbers- Wild Cherry
- Maple
- Ash
- Pear
- Oak
With extra charge:
- Walnut
- Rosewood
- 'Birdeye'-Maple
- Rosewood-Bubinga
Timbers for sound boards:
- Fine and very rich sounding spruce from the alpine region of northern Italy
or - Californian Sequoia gigantea with a very warm and balanced tone.
- Natural resins (my own special recipe)
- Natural Wax polish
- Shellac polish or
- Cellulose polish (waterproof).
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