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the moss harp service blogHarp Care Video Now Available Online
Our popular DVD, Harp Care with Steve Moss, is now available as a digital video online through our Vimeo page. You can stream it or download it to your device, and save 40% off the cost of the DVD and shipping. You can even rent it for an even lower price. Harp...
Thoughts on the New BioCarbon© Harp Strings
You may or may not have heard this yet, but Lyon & Healy and Salvi have begun marketing two new types of strings, called BioCarbon® and Bionylon®. Both are manufactured under the name Sipario. BioCarbon is billed as a synthetic alternative to traditional gut, and...
Introducing Our New Book!
Introducing our latest product! How to Regulate Your Lever Harp, Book One: The Loveland Lever. This is the first volume in a new series of books focusing on lever harp regulation, designed for the harpist (or harpist's significant other!) who would like to service...
This New App Helps you Keep Track of your Strings
I'm pleased to announce that I've just launched String Bag, a free online string inventory tracking tool designed specifically for harpists. To try it, simply click the hyperlink above, or point your browser to https://stringbag.mossharpservice.com. From what I've...
How to Replace Your Pedal Caps
Your harp's pedal caps, the black rubber pads that cover the tip of each pedal, are designed to give your feet traction as you move the pedals. Over time, and the more you use them, pedal caps wear away. In the case of the slip-on type, they can also split or crack,...
The Dreaded P.R.T.B.
What the heck is a P.R.T.B.? It stands for pedal rod tubing buzz. It is a sympathetic vibration caused by a harp's pedal rod tubing assembly, the system of parts inside a pedal harp's column that connect the pedals at your feet with the mechanism above your head. It...
Harp Buzzes 101: That Annoying Room Buzz
When is a harp buzz not a harp buzz? When it's coming from somewhere else in the room. The world we live in is teeming with objects that want to deceive us into thinking our harp has a buzz. Disguised as ordinary lighting fixtures, heating registers, even as innocent...
How to Prepare for a Regulation
When you make an appointment to have your harp regulated, there are three important things you can do to get ready. The first is to make sure your strings are in good condition, especially in the top two octaves. The second is to make a list of any specific problems...
Setting up a String Replacement Schedule
Happy New Year! While you're putting together your list of resolutions for this year, how about instituting a string replacement schedule? Your harp only sounds as good as its strings, and unfortunately strings do deteriorate with age and use. While it is obviously...
How to Replace a Bass Wire
Since a harp's bass wires are thicker and stiffer than the rest of its strings, many harpists choose to avoid replacing their own, preferring to have a technician do the job during a regulation. But if you'd like to do it yourself, or one breaks and you have to do it...
Introducing the first and only vidoe on harp care. Available on DVD, streaming or download
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If you have already purchased the video and are looking for the free tuning chart, you can download it here.