Hello to all :D
I tought that you might like this. My friend - harpmaker is a bit crazy and very creative man and he still invent something funny and very unusuall.
Some half year ago he told me that he made harp from bamboo and I was laughing and I told him, that he probably felt from moon. Month after
I heard that harp and oh my god! Against my old medieval harp from maple, it has very unusuall sound - something between harp and hammered
dulcimer - very sharp but clear. I felt in love. Now I have this harp at home and I cant part from that. It's still experiment, so we have no idea
what this material will do in a future, so I have taskt to play it and carefully watch it. Well, it's hard press bamboo, so extreemly durable material
but on other side - inside is planty of chemical stuff, so who knows. But I also love idea of medieval shape (I love medieval times) and more
eastern material which fills my passion for oriental cultures. I will try to bring it to harfentreffen and I am very curious what Frank and other
harpmakers will say. :D
Here is very short video with harp I made mainly for Josef .... so forgive home atmosphere and me nearly in a night dress :-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHIQZPhAhDU