Taken from Curia Regis

[fpb]

why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she/he wears mismatched socks." I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

P.S.: Trolls and wiseguys deleted on the spot.

Comments

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Can you play it? (*Chokes with envy*) And I know that a normal concert harp is a monumental object, but how small is very small?

[chthonya]

19 strings (about 2 1/2 octaves). It's a bit confusing because the clarsach is often called the 'small harp' - and while clarsachs aren't quite as monumental as concert harps, they aren't the lightest things to lug about (though they do have the lovely base notes that I can't get). Mine, on the other hand, just scrapes into the allowable size for aircraft hand baggage. And it was a kit harp so robust enough to take a few knocks.

I took lessons for a wee while, but haven't played much lately. It's kind of limited because I don't have levers so I have to retune if I wan't to sharpen or flatten a note. That means there are some tunes I just can't play, but it also means that just fiddling around can never be very discordant. Or so I'm told. ;)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

If we ever meet, I want to hear you play it. And if I know any of the tunes, I'll sing along.