Building a harp guitar

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Edi
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Building a harp guitar

Post by Edi » Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:02 am

Someone interested?
I did a little language exercise by translating the report about the construction of my first harp guitar into English.
It's a Google presentation and you can find it here:
Building my harp guitar

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Re: Building a harp guitar

Post by kiwigeo » Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:10 am

Thanks Edi....and yes there'll be a lot of people interested.
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Re: Building a harp guitar

Post by Mark McLean » Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:12 pm

Yes please. I want to know about that!

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Re: Building a harp guitar

Post by Edi » Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:55 am

Some detail information:

Stringing
  • 6 x Standard classical Guitar
  • 6 x Drone bass strings from D - 'F
  • 6 x Drone treble strings from e'' - c''' (I used nylon e-strings for each)
    The bass strings are part of a set for "Schrammel-Gitarre" (special guitar used in Austrian esp. Vienna folk music)
Dimensions
  • Total length: 1150 mm
  • Scale length
    • Guitar: 650 mm
    • Bass: 670 - 930 mm
    • Treble: 195 - 240 mm
  • Body width:
    • Lower bout: 380 mm
    • Waist: 240 mm
    • Upper bout: 295 mm
  • Bass neck width:
    • Neck heel (12th fret): 155 mm
    • Mounting point of bass headstock: 83 mm
  • Body depth:
    • Lower bout: 125 mm
    • Upper bout: 120 mm
    • Mounting point of bass headstock: 60 mm
Raw dimensions of beams and bars:
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