For the purposes of this piece, though, when we say “lever harp,” we mean the more lightly-built type and not the pre-pedal type.) (There are exceptions! Some lever harps, like the Lyon and Healy Prelude and Troubadour, are built to sound and feel more like pedal harps, and thus have the same heavily-reinforced construction and high-tension strings. As such, they have lighter wooden bracing and thinner soundboards. Lever harps are often lighter (both in terms of weight and degree of reinforcement), and are designed for medium- or light-tension strings that don’t need to be pulled as hard to make a sound. Though you see mostly wood from the outside, many actually have metal ribs on the inside that are helping to keep the body from collapsing under the pull of the strings on the soundboard. We’re not going to get into all the reasons why, but when talking about strings, it helps to understand that a pedal harp’s design and materials are what allow it to support high-tension pedal harp strings. Pedal harps in general are more heavily-built and reinforced than lever harps are. The Basics: Harp construction and string tension There’s also a lot of mystery surrounding harp strings and string tension, so we’d like to explain some of the basic concepts and hopefully clear up a few common misconceptions. If you’re ever unsure exactly which strings to order for your harp, don’t forget that each harp page on has handy links, transporting you straight to your strings on our online store! You can also consult our string charts on our service page.The short answer is yes, you probably can, but there are some important things to take into consideration so that you don’t hurt your harp. We try to offer a big range of stringing and tensions, to serve this musical variety.” Also, the world is big enough for more than one sound concept, particularly in the incredibly diverse lever harp world. If you’re wondering why we don’t then use them everywhere – they also stretch more. Monofilament strings have more projection. The fluorocarbon material is the same, but Kürschner’s lower register strings are monofilament, whereas Savarez is plaited multifilament. For this, I decided to use fluorocarbon strings by Kürschner instead of by Savarez. As for the Excalibur: we designed this harp together with François Pernel, and he wanted a particularly strong and powerful sound for the instrument. The Ulysse uses the same gauge as the Aziliz, Isolde, Hermine, and also an electric harp, our DHC 32. Today, our two best-selling lever concert harps are also strung with fluorocarbon. Kürschner fluorocarbon strings for Camac Excalibur Their gauges were the same as gut strings, but we found that the tension was a little heavier, probably because the density of fluorocarbon is slightly higher than gut. The fluorocarbon strings we first discovered were Savarez’s KF, for pedal harps. Savarez is a famous, long-established French string maker – they made strings for Erard, so their savoir-faire goes back a long way. Our own journey with fluorocarbon strings began when Savarez informed us they were making them. It therefore emerged as a gut substitute, particularly taken up by period instruments at the beginning. Its density is very close to gut, giving a similarly rich timbre. It stretches much less than nylon, which means it breaks less often and holds its tuning better. This includes top-of-the-range instruments, in response to requests from professionals.įluorocarbon is much sought-after for its resistance capabilities. We have had such good experiences with this material, that we have optimised the construction of many of our lever harps to work perfectly with them. Whatever their name, composite strings are a relative newcomer, in comparison to gut and nylon. These strings are actually made of fluorocarbon, but they’re commonly called “carbon” for short. Harpists are often curious about our “carbon strings”.
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