tuning of harps without levers

[Barbara Ann Fackler]

I'm curious to know how people with leverless harps tune. Can you give me an idea of what key you keep your harp in most of the time if you have a harp with no levers at all?

[Leigh Griffith]

My leverless harp is a Stoney End Eve (22 strings). I tune it in the key of C. that's what it was in when I bought it. Until I got my Triplett, if the group was playing in another key, I had to stop and retune. This isn't too big a job on a lap harp, but can be a pain with larger harps. Up until the last couple years, most of us did not have levers, so for concerts we would play one set in one key and then retune during an intermission.

Leigh