Harps come in legion forms.
Forming a homemade stringed harp may be as lucid as stretching rubber bands across a plastic container or as elaborate as building a 10-foot harp using able woodworking tools. Harp shape and proportions, quantity of strings, tuners, tone, fee, attractiveness, playability and durability vary. Invest under $300 with your era and drill To erect an orchestral aspect traditional or Celtic harp homogenous to those that retail au courant for extended than $10,000. Or dash off a chargeless, fun-to-play orbit harp in 10 minutes.
2. Practise building materials and instructions. You may purchase these from music stores or online.
Instructions
1. Decide what amiable of harp you requirement To erect. Assent to proportions, portability, durability, reward, interpretation era and attempt, and availability of materials. For professional quality instruments, choose wood, strings and tuners based on tone, strength and durability rather than cost.3. Make a harp base from a bucket, plastic bowl, sturdy box, wooden plank or frame, or lidless plastic container of any shape.
4. Decorate your harp. Paint or varnish the base. Paste on decals or decorate with permanent markers.
5. String your harp. Stretch strings across the harp's base, thread them through drilled holes or wrap them around tuners screwed into the base. Create different looks and sounds by stringing with multicolored rubber bands, varied colors of dental floss or several types of wire.
6. Tune your harp by turning tuners or tying strings at different lengths to adjust pitch. Match pitches with a piano or use an electronic tuner purchased from a music store. Wooden harps may need to be tuned in stages over a period of days to allow the harp's base to flex and strings to stretch without breaking.
