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Do you hear a buzz in your harp when you pluck a string?  Does your harp stay in tune when you raise or lower levers or change pedals? Do your pedal caps need replacing?  Does the body of your harp need cosmetic repair?  Liz Jensen, international harp tecnician, can fix those problems and many others to help get your harp back into excellent performaing condition. Liza circles the globe and analyzing and repairing both lever and pedal harps.  She will be in St. Petersburg from June 1 to June 4. In addition to fixing your harps, Liza is willing to offer a harp maintenance workshop for you on Saturday, June 2 at 10:00AM. To see more about Liza, her prices for repairs and the harp workshop, and to schedule your repairs, read on!
Special Visiting Harp Technician

LIZA JENSEN here June 1-4, 2017

You are invited to have your harp (regardless of the make or type) regulated, repaired, touched up etc. while she is here. 

Info and prices below.  If interested, please e-mail me via the link below or hereReply by Wednesday, May 30th, or better sooner, to reserve your spot!
 



Liza Jensen is an extraordinary harp technician!

She studied privately under the tutelage of master harp builders Pat Dougal and John Pratt. Liza is the only American woman to be invited by Jakez Francois, president of Camac Harps, to become  their international technician and representative of their company. She travels the world, working on the precious instruments of harpists on several continents. 

Liza is a technician for pedal or lever harps, acoustic or electric.  Note that includes ANY manufacturer or maker from Erard to CAMAC with Lyon & Healy, Salvi, Venus, and most lever harp makers in between. Of course she works on harp mechanisms, but she is also a genius on touch up of 
scratches, dings and dents whether your harp has a flat or glossy finish. 

SPECIAL NOTE ON BODY WORK:  If you wish dings, scratches or dents worked on, please describe the problem(s) and let us know ASAP.  Liza will need the  manufacturer or maker of your harp, its model, wood, oil, satin or glossy etc.

Liza is also willing to do partial or complete string changes with or without regulation, but you will need to supply the strings.  If you wish both, string changes, if at all possible, should be made 2 days before regulation.

If you plan to come to the HARP MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP on Saturday, June 2, at 10:00 AM, please let us know in your e-mail response and, if there is time, Liza will be happy to offer one.

PRICES FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE ON BOTH TYPES OF HARPS and their issues are listed below Liza'a harp maintenance tips.   IF YOU  DECIDE YOU WISH TO HAVE LIZA WORK ON YOUR HARP, PLEASE RESPOND VIA THE E-MAIl LINK AT THE TOP OF THIS BOX OR THE ONE BELOW.

Liza'a Tips for Keeping Your Harp in Tip-Top Sound

Pedal & Lever Harp Technician Price List

LIZA  JENSEN
HARP  CENTRAL
69 Beadel St., NY 11222
917-696~5974

PEDALHARP REGULATIONS
Lyon &Healy,Salvi, Wurlitzer, Aoyama, Venus, Russian,Erard                $375.00
Camac $300.00                                                                                                    
     *If your harp has not been regulated in the past 4+years, reasonable
     additionalchargesmayapply.

PEDAL HARP RE-STRINGING (Labor Only):
Full:                                                                                                         $150.00
    *for regulation purposes, restringing must take place 2 days prior to 
    regulation
Wires only:                                                                                                 $75.00
      *can be changed same day as regulation
Individual Strings:
Wire                                                                                                            $6.00
Thick Gut / Nylon                                                                                        $5.00
Thin Gauge Nylon                                                                                      $3.00

RESTRINGING, FULL (labor only):
(36-38 nylon/light wires)                                                                           $115.00
(36-3heavy gut/wires)                                                                             $130.00
     *for regulation purposes, restring must take place 2 days prior to regulation
Wires only (too many variations)                                                                  TBA
       *can be changed same day as regulation
 
RETROFIT LEVERS:
Camac Levers                                                                                  $20 per lever
 
WOOD REPAIRS ALL HARPS:
SmallDings                                                                                   $50.00-$75.00
MediumDings                                                                             $75.00-$175.00
LargeDings                                                                                           $200.00+

TROUBLESHOOTING                                                                        $75.00/hr
 
Harps brought to studio will receive a 10% discount on regulation only.

E-mail Signup for Harp Service and Workshop

If you wish to have your harp(s) worked on, it is essential you complete this e-mail form. What information Liza will need from you is asked for on the e-mail form when you open it.  Please CLICK HERE to enter the information and send it back to LadyHarp.

A Final Note from LadyHarp

We are pleased to be of service to you and hope your harp will be in a happy state when Liza has finished with what you wish to have done to your precious instruments.

Visiting technicians are among the many resources LadyHarp is happy to provide for you in addition to visiting artists presenting concerts and workshops.  Think of us as your own personal resource for harps for rent and for sale; for providing  harpists or harp ensemble for concerts, weddings, and events; or finding teachers of lever & pedal harps: all in addition to visiting technicians and artists.  LadyHarp Enterprises, Inc. is the company of 
Sue Carole DeVale, Ph.D., harpist and ethnomusicologist, offering workshops, lectures, historic harp lecture-performances, publications on the harps of the world, and vibro-acoustic harp therapy. 

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