How to regulate your harp - Harp Tuesday ep. 126

In this episode of Harp Tuesday I demonstrate some of the basics of regulating your lever or pedal harp. I didn't always get a great filming angle, but hopefully you can get an idea of what to do if you want to work on the regulation on your harp.
Here are a few links to resources about regulation:
Dusty strings:
manufacturing....
manufacturing....
Thormahlen Harps:
www.thorharp.co...
• lever movement regulation
• bridgepinregulation
Great set of articles about all sort of harp maintenance by Mike Lewis, here's the link to the article on regulation:
www.harptech.co...
Rees levers:
reesharps.com/...
Loveland levers (via musicmakers): www.harpkit.co...
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[@whitedovemusicalentertainm2668]

Thank you so very much for posting this Josh. I purchased an older Lyon and Healy Troubadour, produced in the 1980s. The first thing that I had to do was to go back to L&H to purchase additional used levers to retrofit it. I think I'm down to one lever that's not quite the way I wish it was. A friend of mine and I regulated what we could where we had to swap out levers and/or replace strings. This video is very helpful!

[@JoshLayne]

Awesome!

[@c.riverfrancesa203]

Thank you Josh!!

[@aidaniams9160]

Very informative! I've been meaning to regulate my Dusty Strings harp, and now I'm more confident that I'll be able to do it well, thank you Josh!

[@ebassiri]

Very informative. Thanks Josh.

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

I very useful Harp Tuesday. I ought to do my harp. It needs it and I have wondered how...

[@emanueldaryono3121]

So informative and generous, thank you

[@lisalohr9893]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@jillc2700]

I know this is an older video but it was really very helpful, so thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Pretty sure there aren’t any harp techs in KY and this is my first harp to boot. But I think I have everything in tune now, and no buzzing, so hooray! It has made me quite sure I want to just stick with lever harps though… 😳

[@johnsangalli7438]

I agree. I am on the border Ky and Indiana no techs close by.

[@otterswimshome]

Good conceptual video. Thanks!

[@JoshLayne]

Glad to hear, thanks!

[@balfourknight7011]

This is great, Josh! Liza J. would be very proud of you!

[@RadiantJasmin]

Yes she would! 🙂

[@cosmiccosmo1604]

I was wondering about how fast songs are played on the harp, and saw that that video waa made in 2011. I clicked on your channel expecting to see that you haven't uploaded in years but im happy to see that you've managed to stay online for anyone that plays the harp and are wondering about the instrument. I hope things go well for you down the line.

[@JoshLayne]

Hey, thanks! Yeah, been doing this for awhile and hope to continue for many years to come! Just reached 1 million channel views and planning a livestream to celebrate - stop by if you're online on April 21st! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp3cn5eXe5llosk

[@MiaStrayer]

I love clear tune that's what I use on my iPad and phone too

[@MiaStrayer]

I have those crummy performance levers on my shamrock lever Harp

[@ThePearsch]

(11:33) Twang! Suspense is killing me. lol

[@harpswellsound]

great tutorial

[@JoshLayne]

Thanks!

[@nellbmm2097]

What is the set of tools you used? The screw driver with extender?

[@JoshLayne]

This page on Thormahlen harps has some great info on Camac levers: www.thorharp.com/pages/regulatingcamaclevers.htm Specifically that one need's a #8 TorX head for the screws. The screwdriver set I was using, which also has 4mm,5mm, and 6mm nut drivers for the bridge pins, was this one: www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/mastercraft-specialty-precision-electronics-bit-set-66-pc-0573624p.html I imagine if you search Amazon for electronics screwdriver set you might find something similar.

[@nellbmm2097]

Josh Layne thanks!

[@sidneyharp]

Josh, do you regulate your own harp or take it to a technician? Last week, I took mine to a guild member technician and was not happy with the resultant intonation. He used an app, not a mechanical strobe. An app is only as good as the microphone in the phone and I don't believe his phone microphone was sufficient. I am studying Parish Alvar's La Mandoline which really tests the enharmonics. At the regulation appointment I had the technician adjust four strings based on one excerpt of La Mandoline. With four strings being off, I should have doubted the others, but in the moment I trusted a guild member technician. Wish I hadn't in hindsight because I get a regulation every 2-4 years due to travel constraints. I had to significantly travel to meet the also traveling technician, so going again is not an option right now. I am considering doing my own intonation adjustments. Again, do you find yourself making regular intonation adjustments on your pedal harp? Or do you take it to a technician yearly?

[@JoshLayne]

Excellent question. For me, I tend to do everything myself - a combination of cost, of access to techs (only about once a year), and finally on the theory that even if I'm not as skilled/efficient as a good technician, I'm the one with the best motivation to keep fine-tuning and not settle for good enough, etc. Also, I play very firmly - so I need to make sure the discs grip enough to suit my style of playing, etc. (Plus I guess I just like being in control, lol). That said, it's a fiddly and onerous task, and I definitely don't do adjustments as often as I should:( !