Last summer I was in Wellington and was lucky enough to spend an afternoon with Keith. We talked harp and had tea. It was a great day. It's nice to see the process from start to finish and it's really great to see farter and dauther working together. The finished harp was beautiful!
What a fascinating glimpse into the art of harp-making. I now understand why the price tag is so steep, knowing now the amount of craftsmanship that goes into it. You do beautiful work! Hope to build a harp myself this winter, and this video has taught me that patience is going to be a real asset. Thanks for allowing us to watch you and your daughter work. Appreciate seeing your patience with her.
WOW! I've built a few harps for my own use. One from a kit and two others from plans. You do fantastic work. What a beautiful sounding instrument and such a fine looking one too.
Wonderful work. So nice to see a video of a professional, who actually knows what he is doing, rather than all of the not so talented amateurs on utube. I've been in to wood for a long time, but nothing as creative as this. Saved the video to watch again. Great job all around.
Keith and Liz, fabulous work!!!....and fabulous to watch......this has given me soo much ..just watching this...i've watched as many youtubes as possible to try and understand how to make these harps....this video has made all the hard work look effortless....nonetheless....finally i have the enthusiasm to start my daughter's harp!!!!....many thanks...
I can only hope that one day I can afford something like this. What a beautiful process to watch - no wonder the things cost so damn much. Thanks for sharing!
hello my name is david and I live in Brazil and I'm learning to build harps alone. over here in Brazil nobody builds Celtic harp to Paraguayan harp so the accessories here are impossible to achieve as the pin pitch and semitone keys I build instruments made of wood found in illegal dumps I had to improvise. I use pins for piano tune the strings and I use pin against retreat cd player cool your video
27:21 (counter No.) This this mean it took a month to build this? I was going to ask that, and I believe this told me. Loved this video. I have an interest in playing one, and I have a celtic lap harp that's hard to outfit with strings (broke 4 when my cloth case handle oscillated and bounced the tuning key out into the strings). I thought seeing how they're build would offer insight to what the dealers have been explaining to me about the individuality of each harp. I can't say it helped too much with that, but I loved seeing the process. Where's Plimerton? Thanks again.
Boa noite! Esses parafusos são direto na Madeira ou coloca alguma coisa antes? Eu to fazendo uma harpa para igreja eu to com dificuldade pra encontrar esses parafusos.
Olá amigo como eu poso fazer uma harpa tenho um grande sonho de ter uma mas aqui no brasil e muito cara,eu trabalho com madeira e vendo o seu vidio quem sabe eu poso fazer, só tenho que saber quais os material ideal madeira cordas taraxas ou pinos como ter estes asséssoris espaço de uma coda pela outra talves seja uma loucura mas e o meu sonho por isto espero sua resposta obrigado e boa moite
Thank you Keith & Liz for allowing us to watch the harp making proses. I have always had a fascination for the harp! I love it's sound. I have a recording of Berlioz's "Te Deum" and in the final section; the March, he used 12 harps. When I play it, I am in harp heaven!! Thank you once again & I wish you well with your harp manufacturing. Giles Hall Tasmania Australia
I would say a mill but I'm Dutch so I might have the wrong word here. It is a fast turning shizel, so there are a couple of cutting 'knives' attached to the axis to cut off surplus wood. The top part has no shizel and functions the MDF form as a jig that has been temporarily attached to the wood.
thanks ,for the video,,,,,,its a wonderful piece of art,,,,,,id like to buy one,,,,,,,can i get it to my location in india,,,,,,,,,,plz tell me the price in us dollars..........
hahah that's so weird. At the end that girl is playing the same song i'm playing right now for the holidays. It's the "arabian dance" from the nutcracker ballet.
I thought harps were strung with piano wire. The lower register strings on this harp had, IMO, a somewhat dull edge to its sound. I noticed no pedals on this harp. ...different strokes for different folks I guess....
Last summer I was in Wellington and was lucky enough to spend an afternoon with Keith.
We talked harp and had tea. It was a great day.
It's nice to see the process from start to finish and it's really great to see farter and dauther working together.
The finished harp was beautiful!
I love the sound made inside the soundboard when Lizzie is sanding the cutouts with plain sandpaper….it’s already making music! (Around 18:30)
Mr. Harrison, I thank you for the educational demonstrating of the harp making. This goes to your daughter as well.
What a beautiful instrument!
Thanks for all the hard work and dedication to this art.🙏🥰
Incredible craftman/womanship. One of my favourite instruments created right before my eyes, Massive thank you to the up-loader!
Whay if they where non binary
@@diavolosoup1902 Ikr, was expecting craft-trans-ship. Disappointed.
Great guy - and great harps. He made me a small lap harp for an extended trip round NZ some years ago. A delightful instrument.
What a fascinating glimpse into the art of harp-making. I now understand why the price tag is so steep, knowing now the amount of craftsmanship that goes into it. You do beautiful work! Hope to build a harp myself this winter, and this video has taught me that patience is going to be a real asset. Thanks for allowing us to watch you and your daughter work. Appreciate seeing your patience with her.
WOW! I've built a few harps for my own use. One from a kit and two others from plans. You do fantastic work. What a beautiful sounding instrument and such a fine looking one too.
beautiful woodworking, beautiful instrument, beautiful playing. thanks
These harps are so beautiful if I could get a tall 40 string option I’d love these. Seeing the care they put into it is wonderful.
Very cool to see the process!
This is really a piece of art 👌
And thank you for sharing it.
Instrument making is fine art. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this 🙂
Sou Luthier aqui no Brasil, mas só faço conserto em todos os instrumentos musicais... inclusive Harpas. Estou fascinado com o Belo trabalho de vocês.
Amazing video! Stunning craftsmanship and attention to detail. Thank you for putting this out there! :)
Wonderful work. So nice to see a video of a professional, who actually knows what he is doing, rather than all of the not so talented amateurs on utube. I've been in to wood for a long time, but nothing as creative as this. Saved the video to watch again. Great job all around.
Keith and Liz, fabulous work!!!....and fabulous to watch......this has given me soo much ..just watching this...i've watched as many youtubes as possible to try and understand how to make these harps....this video has made all the hard work look effortless....nonetheless....finally i have the enthusiasm to start my daughter's harp!!!!....many thanks...
I can only hope that one day I can afford something like this. What a beautiful process to watch - no wonder the things cost so damn much. Thanks for sharing!
Great video. Thanks for the share
Its BEAUTIFUL!
Congratutations my friend, beaultiful Harp!
huge respect for such passionate people. :)
hello my name is david and I live in Brazil and I'm learning to build harps alone. over here in Brazil nobody builds Celtic harp to Paraguayan harp so the accessories here are impossible to achieve as the pin pitch and semitone keys I build instruments made of wood found in illegal dumps I had to improvise. I use pins for piano tune the strings and I use pin against retreat cd player cool your video
Can you order parts online?
Wonderful!
I want to learn so bad
Thanks!
thank you
I’d love to know how long the total build time was
27:21 (counter No.) This this mean it took a month to build this? I was going to ask that, and I believe this told me. Loved this video. I have an interest in playing one, and I have a celtic lap harp that's hard to outfit with strings (broke 4 when my cloth case handle oscillated and bounced the tuning key out into the strings). I thought seeing how they're build would offer insight to what the dealers have been explaining to me about the individuality of each harp. I can't say it helped too much with that, but I loved seeing the process. Where's Plimerton? Thanks again.
Have any books on harp construction that you recommend? I am a violin luthier and am interested in added harp work to my repertoire.
My friends name is Keith Harrison
Bloody hell what would we do without machinery / How did they use to do it with out machinery I wonder. Great stuff though
Boa noite! Esses parafusos são direto na Madeira ou coloca alguma coisa antes? Eu to fazendo uma harpa para igreja eu to com dificuldade pra encontrar esses parafusos.
There are two different types of harps, some prefer an Irish harp or folk harp, others prefer a pedal or orchestral harp.
Olá amigo como eu poso fazer uma harpa tenho um grande sonho de ter uma mas aqui no brasil e muito cara,eu trabalho com madeira e vendo o seu vidio quem sabe eu poso fazer, só tenho que saber quais os material ideal madeira cordas taraxas ou pinos como ter estes asséssoris espaço de uma coda pela outra talves seja uma loucura mas e o meu sonho por isto espero sua resposta obrigado e boa moite
,, Din ce lemn se confecționează HARPELE...?
5 Stars
S U P E R !!!
What is the piece of equipment being used at 03:11?
robinbowmaker it’s called a shaper
hey
Harp is most expensive instrument for his small size (
wowwwwwwww :(((
Your instruments look and sound beautiful but for god's sake, wear ear protection when you're in a wood shop.
Janis Cortese And safety glasses! Regular glasses won't save those eyes. I agree, absolutely lovely harps. ~
Thank you Keith & Liz for allowing us to watch the harp making proses. I have always had a fascination for the harp!
I love it's sound. I have a recording of Berlioz's "Te Deum" and in the final section; the March, he used 12 harps.
When I play it, I am in harp heaven!!
Thank you once again & I wish you well with your harp manufacturing.
Giles Hall
Tasmania
Australia
Gracias Sr. Harrison por compartir tan grato Conocimiento
do you play the harp? Yes you do in every harp you make,I love what I see here.
+Patricia Egan p.s. Impressed with the pencil drawing, right on target.
We have just bought a second hand one. Looking forward to hearing our daughter playing it (Elizabeth Harp)
Wow, great video! Thanks for the upload, this man does beautiful work. It's amazing how much effort went into making this instrument!
I would say a mill but I'm Dutch so I might have the wrong word here. It is a fast turning shizel, so there are a couple of cutting 'knives' attached to the axis to cut off surplus wood. The top part has no shizel and functions the MDF form as a jig that has been temporarily attached to the wood.
Great video!
Beautiful, Thank You for sharing..
Muy didáctico la construcción del arpa
Felicitaciones
Thank you .
Nice work √
thanks ,for the video,,,,,,its a wonderful piece of art,,,,,,id like to buy one,,,,,,,can i get it to my location in india,,,,,,,,,,plz tell me the price in us dollars..........
Look for Keith Harrisson harpbuilder Plimmerton New Zealand Sebastian. I paid $3,800 for the harp you see in the video. that was 8 years ago ..
This harp cost between NZ$3500-4000
This harp cost between NZ$3500-4000
Dick van den Oever do you ship worldwide and do you accept PayPal.
Plimmerton, New Zealand
Dick van den Oever what kind of glue are they using?
hahah that's so weird. At the end that girl is playing the same song i'm playing right now for the holidays. It's the "arabian dance" from the nutcracker ballet.
Thxs for sharing :))
How long does it take total time to make one of these with 2 people?
Would anyone out there, know where i could purchase the plans to build a Paraguayan harp. I,m eager to build ,but without a plan i,m stuck. Help!
Please . . .Harp making , Could you tell me for the Harp you are making how much it cost ? Thanks !
I thought harps were strung with piano wire. The lower register strings on this harp had, IMO, a somewhat dull edge to its sound. I noticed no pedals on this harp. ...different strokes for different folks I guess....
where you locate
At 27:24 it has information
S&H Silhouettes .
how can i get once???
Call Keith Harrisson, Plimmerton, New Zealand, harpmaker, cabinet maker
what about carving a harp out of stone