Harp Mandolin Build Finished

[McLoughlin Instruments]

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Just posting a photo of the harp mandolin I just finished. Will post a few more pics and sound cip tommorrow. More information at www.mcloughlininstruments.com
Thanks

[Jim Garber]

A nice modern take on the Knutsen, Derek, tho you might sell it with a set of protective goggles. :) Looking fwd to hearing what it sounds like.

[tmsweeney]

Fantastic!

[Tavy]

OK, that's genuinely insane - I love it :)

What do you tune the harp strings to? In my dreams (Ha!) I'd always imagined 8-12 harp strings so you could tune them in the whole circle of 5ths thing (OK, so 8 wouldn't give you the whole circle, but would cover all the usual keys and just leave out some of the flats/sharps if you went FCGDAEBF#).

[Bertram Henze]

How do you chop with that? :grin:

[Jim Garber]

I think you can tune the harp strings to the most used bass notes of the key you are in.

Lots more to look at here (http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/org-related.htm).

I am sure that Gregg Miner will find you, Derek, to put some pics of yours on his page. Of you could contact him.

[billhay4]

Cool! Can we hear this?
Bill

[McLoughlin Instruments]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I just posted a sound sample at the below link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzLHjx20qg

Sorry for the ropey playing its just to give an idea of what it sounds like. Its tuned at the moment to CDEF GDAD

[Jim Garber]

Nice, Derek. I like it!!

[Clef]

excellent!

[Happy gnome]

It's so mad, I just can't help but love it!

[tmsweeney]

really cool sounding - I imagine you could build the harp part as octave or unison courses

I've seen a few harp guitar performances , Micheal Hedges for one, his was electric

I would like to see more mando harps.

[Pete Jenner]

Very nice.

[Jake Wildwood]

The coolest bit is just how good it sounds... :)

[billhay4]

Nice. Thanks for the soundclip.
Bill

[Sweetpea44]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!