Nigel, this is truly a pleasure to hear and watch! And thank you for the description of the Anglia Harp-- I just read it to my husband. I enjoy your music!
Thankyou all, glad you like my version.The Anglia Harp is a kind of 15-string psaltery that people used to make from available materials, scrap wood and piano wire; soldiers in the First World War made them and they were used in traditional music in Cambridge, where they acquired the name. They wereseenas a more portable version of the hammered dulcimer (which people here also home-made from scrap materials). Mine is one of these.
Nigel, this is truly a pleasure to hear and watch! And thank you for the description of the Anglia Harp-- I just read it to my husband. I enjoy your music!
Enjoyed it very much. Some nice pictures too.
Thankyou all, glad you like my version.The Anglia Harp is a kind of 15-string psaltery that people used to make from available materials, scrap wood and piano wire; soldiers in the First World War made them and they were used in traditional music in Cambridge, where they acquired the name. They wereseenas a more portable version of the hammered dulcimer (which people here also home-made from scrap materials). Mine is one of these.
Hi Nigel, can you explain an Anglia harp for me please.
I've been playing this tune a lot over Christmas, but in a medley with 'In dulci' and '3 ships' (folk dance remix).
Good to hear someone else playing English tunes on the dulcimer
All the best
john