How to Mount the Hardware
and string an Unfinished Harp.
MOUNTING EYELETS,
( for wire strung harps only.)
first put just a little glue
(I prefer woodworker's glue) on the outside of the eyelet. Toothpicks are
real handy for this.
press the eyelets into the holes
in the soundbox, both inside and out.
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Once you have all the eyelets
in place take a paint pen (or nail polish) and color the eyelets for the
C strings red and the F string Blue. |
Mounting Zither Pins
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Remove the rivet pin from
the tuning wrench Handle
using a finishing nail held
backwards to hammer it out. |
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Save the handle and the
rivet pin as you will be putting them back together. |
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Take the Tuning Wrench shaft
and mount it in the end of a drill. (Most cordless drills will NOT
have the torque necessary. |
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Being very careful to aim
the pin straight into the hole Use the drill to sink the zither pins about
half way down. The small hole in the pin should be about half an inch from
the wood surface. |
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Put the handle back on the
shaft of the tuning wrench and use it to line up the holes in the zither
pins so they are all the same depth and pointing to the soundbox.
Put the Neck/pillar onto the sounbox. You are now ready to put the strings
on. |
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Two: How to put Wire Strings on a brand new Harp
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