To harp or not to harp...
Sep. 4th, 2007 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vandyI am thinking about selling my harp(s). I currently have a version of this harp (with sharping levers, but not on every string):
Made by my grandparents' barber from the kit by music maker. I also have one of these:
I keep thinking about digging them out and messing around with them, but I haven't played them in a really long time. They need new strings. I hate tuning the damn things and have avoided it for years at this point. They are sitting around being ignored and un-played which makes me sad. I don't have a lot of space. We will have even less once we move. And I think that it may be time for something new. If I sell them, maybe they can help pay for a hurdy gurdy, which is smaller, and is something that will be new and interesting, something I really want, and hopefully I will get around to playing it. I am still not sure if I can afford a decent hurdy gurdy if I sell the harps, but there is also still the possibility of making one. It would be so refreshing to just be able to buy something for a change though. I also have a set of bagpipes that I will probably never actually play. They have some sentimental value, having been a gift from a family member, but they are also sitting around unused. I have no idea what they are worth, though they probably need a new bag. Sigh. How many musical instruments that I don't ever play do I need? Not this many. They are nice to have around, but I think it is time to let go.
Anyone have advice on selling musical instruments? Especially of a less usual variety?
Update: I also have a pretty nice bodhran that I never use. This too should go.
Made by my grandparents' barber from the kit by music maker. I also have one of these:
I keep thinking about digging them out and messing around with them, but I haven't played them in a really long time. They need new strings. I hate tuning the damn things and have avoided it for years at this point. They are sitting around being ignored and un-played which makes me sad. I don't have a lot of space. We will have even less once we move. And I think that it may be time for something new. If I sell them, maybe they can help pay for a hurdy gurdy, which is smaller, and is something that will be new and interesting, something I really want, and hopefully I will get around to playing it. I am still not sure if I can afford a decent hurdy gurdy if I sell the harps, but there is also still the possibility of making one. It would be so refreshing to just be able to buy something for a change though. I also have a set of bagpipes that I will probably never actually play. They have some sentimental value, having been a gift from a family member, but they are also sitting around unused. I have no idea what they are worth, though they probably need a new bag. Sigh. How many musical instruments that I don't ever play do I need? Not this many. They are nice to have around, but I think it is time to let go.
Anyone have advice on selling musical instruments? Especially of a less usual variety?
Update: I also have a pretty nice bodhran that I never use. This too should go.
