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Mike Baldwin
Mar 19, 20231 min read
The restoration of a mid-19th century Érard double-action harp, by Zsolt Hidasi
The following conservation and restoration report by Zsolt Hidasi details his excellent work on a mid-19th century London-made Erard...
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Robert Adelson
Mar 10, 20193 min read
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: Mechanical borrowing in 19th century harp making
As students of harp history know, Erard made harps with fourchettes, Cousineau with béquilles and most others with crochets. However,...
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Mike Baldwin
Mar 9, 20197 min read
The Erard and Morley decorative moulds
On 23 January 2014, in an auction at Dreweatts of Godalming, I bought a collection of composition moulds surviving from Erard and Morley...
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Robert Adelson
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Originality and Influence: Charles Gröll’s Role in the Invention of the Double-action Harp
The linked article is an expanded version of the paper Robert Adelson read at the conference “The Early Pedal Harp as a Museum Artefact,”...
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