high-heeled harps (?)

Tried to explain to a pupil last night the difference between high-headed and low-headed harps!
The bass strings on her harp sounded 'plinky-plonky'. The Keighley news once wrote an article on me saying that I was playing my 'high-heeled' harps...hmmm! - not quite!

High-headed - the strings get longer and longer to get the bass but you end up with a vulnerable high point at the front that twists.

Low-headed - the classic 'swan-neck' shape - use wrapped strings that don't need to be so long and there is less chance of twisting.

My harps are all high-headed as I like the tone better - more like a double bass! Also no chance of twisting as there are strings on each side and it's perfectly balanced.

Other news - we have managed to pull the old BT van shed up from the bottom of the field with the tractor - shows how frozen the ground is still (remember this place isn't called Marsh for nothing!) Getting the lambing shed ready and getting the hens back in their pens. Sorry cockrells...!