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I was wondering where would be a good place to get the tuning pegs like the kind used on harps or piano also the wrench for tuning. hopefully online.

On Sat, 6 May 2000, john carper wrote:

> I was wondering where would be a good place to get the tuning pegs like
> the kind used on harps or piano also the wrench for tuning. hopefully
> online.
>
www.musikit.com has them. Not the cheapest but good-hearted.

Judy

Stewart Macdonald's Guitar Supply Shop www.stewmac.com They also have great
informative articles on instrument building and repair.

Darren Burgess
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From: "john carper" <jacarper@kscable.com>
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Subject: [tuning] hardware

I was wondering where would be a good place to get the tuning pegs like the
kind used on harps or piano also the wrench for tuning. hopefully online.

>I was wondering where would be a good place to get the tuning pegs like the
>kind used on harps or piano also the wrench for tuning. hopefully online.

My fav is International Piano Supply. Great service, great selection,
great prices...

http://www.pianosupply.com/

-Carl

>http://www.musikit.com/

Hey Judith! That's a cool site. Looks like a neat upright bass they have
there...

-Carl

> >http://www.musikit.com/
>
> Hey Judith! That's a cool site. Looks like a neat upright bass they have
> there...

Ah yes, the 'Baroque Bass' kit, $795. Comes apart for easy transport,
pear-shaped, vaguely reminiscent of a lute. They say it plays not only
'Baroque' but folk, bluegrass and jazz. I've been coveting it for a while
-- but I have a feeling the Historically Informed crowd whould make fun of
it. I built my Celtic Harp from one of their kits long ago, just on a
whim, and it's just about the maximum of good clean fun with the minimum
of aggravation you can have in the music world. But it doesn't pass for a
historically-informed early harp.

Judy

>Ah yes, the 'Baroque Bass' kit, $795. Comes apart for easy transport,
>pear-shaped, vaguely reminiscent of a lute. They say it plays not only
>'Baroque' but folk, bluegrass and jazz.

I downloaded a wav file of a bluesgrass-like line, but the sound quality of
the recording wasn't enough for me to judge the bass.

>I've been coveting it for a while -- but I have a feeling the Historically
>Informed crowd whould make fun of it.

Well, if it was a good bass, they couldn't do that, could they?

>I built my Celtic Harp from one of their kits long ago, just on a whim,
>and it's just about the maximum of good clean fun with the minimum
>of aggravation you can have in the music world. But it doesn't pass for a
>historically-informed early harp.

The fact that you built it yourself adds a substantial slather of
authenticity to it, for me.

-Carl