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if you've restored one of these before, please feel free to add any advise or tips.
should be an interesting time ahead
never restored one. just stripped them for parts. 3 gone for ever.
pete linch said:
c# merle said:if you've restored one of these before, please feel free to add any advise or tips.
should be an interesting time ahead
made a start yesterday by tackling the opening at the head end.
wherever the harp has been over the decades, the string tension has pulled the top up by about 6mm. ideally, i would take off the strings, then repair it but new strings would be a small fortune so they stay for the moment till i figure out cheaper alternatives.
after detuning the strings (my zither handle turner was the wrong size,naturally) with pliers, i could start by gluing the top and bottom back together then i added 4 screws for more strength.
24 hours later i took off the clamps and retuned some strings, the repair looks solid. i'll leave it for a few days then just to make sure it's holding ok.
i need to find something to make the chord bars from now. thin steel should be perfect.
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