Re: [Harp-L] Not Stuck, But Balky

[Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 2, 2011, at 11:52 PM, Joseph Leone wrote:

> ...if you have a dead bird dried to one of the rotor blades, it's  
> very distracting.

Indeed.  Each of these harps (a 270 and a 280) was worked on  
extensively by Richard Sleigh about a year ago.  And I didn't really  
start playing the 280 until yesterday (due to awe).  So you see, they  
have this.... aura about them that has made me hesitant to go in there  
and mess with them.  That's why I've been asking whether these various  
things are normal maintenance items that I should  *try*  to do  
myself, or whether they are arcane symptoms that warrant attention  
from the Master.

Elizabeth (cautiously intrepid)