Style 23s are considered top-of-the-line among Lyon & Healy models. With study and practice, it is manageable. All levers work and the harp really sounds beautiful The soundboard has lifted as seen in the last picture, so in order to bring the harp to its full playing potential you will need to have the harp serviced. Regulation requires manual dexterity, and comfort with tools, and some analytical thinking. 32 string lever harp Perfect for folk, traditional or Celtic music.
If you will play in an orchestra, you need certain kinds of harps. If you will be playing at home for yourself, you can get pretty much anything. What you need the harp for is another thing. They are less expensive, as far as I know, so if cost is an issue, that is worth considering. I believe Carl Swanson’s book tells you how to do that, and Lyon & Healy will supply the parts.īased on the Camac harps that I have heard, they are not quite of the same quality of manufacturing or tone in performance.
One thing that you can do if not in the U.S., is to learn to do the basic maintenance and regulation yourself, as we all used to do, more or less.
Current manufacturing seems to result in very consistently good harps. The days when they varied tremendously from one to another are long gone, it seems. They are the harp all others are routinely compared to. Style 23s have long been the gold standard in harp tone and visual beauty, for over 50 years.
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