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Old 07-24-2021, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Glennwillow View Post
My wife has a 36-string Celtic harp made by Dusty Strings in Seattle. It came with gut rather than nylon strings. The gut strings sound a little warmer than nylon but the gut strings break all the time. When they break it makes a huge noise.

Almost all the strings have now been replaced with nylon.

And nylon strings break, too, just not as often. Harp strings will break with nobody even playing the instrument. Just ... POW!!!!! ... and everybody jumps!

- Glenn
That issue should resolve over time. Harps do have that problem when they're new and/or settling into new environs, strings, etc.
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