Harp Ukulele
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sequoia
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I think Pete Howlett has plans to sell. Or he used too. You might want to contact him directly.
He doesn't sell then any more.
I also tried to find someone willing to sell me Harp uke plans a while ago and drew a blank pretty quickly.
The only commercially available solution was templates from http://www.waldronmusic.com/productlist.php?type=&model=Harp+Ukulele&cat=32 but cost of import and general laziness resulted in me shelving the idea.
I plan to attempt a Harp uke of some form in the future but will likely just take a plan of a standard uke and improvise the Harp part using old fashioned guesswork and a lot of swearing.
I was never quite sure how long to make the Harp strings. Not sure if that is me being daft or if there are rules similar to normal scale lengths.
I reckon Harp ukes are a bit of fun/folly so if you want to build one then go for it ... What's the worst that can happen?
Good luck and report back if you have a go
The only commercially available solution was templates from http://www.waldronmusic.com/productlist.php?type=&model=Harp+Ukulele&cat=32 but cost of import and general laziness resulted in me shelving the idea.
I plan to attempt a Harp uke of some form in the future but will likely just take a plan of a standard uke and improvise the Harp part using old fashioned guesswork and a lot of swearing.
I was never quite sure how long to make the Harp strings. Not sure if that is me being daft or if there are rules similar to normal scale lengths.
I reckon Harp ukes are a bit of fun/folly so if you want to build one then go for it ... What's the worst that can happen?
Good luck and report back if you have a go
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I thanking of reducing plans down for a Harp Guitar. What do you think?
Pete Howlett
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It's not a difficult design task - if I can do it, anyone can...
southcoastukes
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Ask Duane Heilman. If he's willing, he was the first to reproduce these (I think) and probably has some excellent drawings.
BlackBearUkes
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Sorry Dirk, I did not build from drawings, just figured things out as I went along.
Pete Howlett
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I don't sell plans, I sell ukulele.
This string calculator should help.
My husband is also keen to make one of these. He doesn't play the uke himself but says he would if he could get a harp uke.
Titchtheclown
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Fun version by Dan Hulbert
https://circuitsandstrings.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/electric-harp-ukulele
https://circuitsandstrings.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/electric-harp-ukulele
BlackBearUkes
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The original harp ukes were soprano scale lengths and did not have any extra bass strings, just the extra sound chamber. Here is a link to one I build years ago. Its a bit fancy, but you get the idea.
http://blackbearukuleles.net/detail.html?itemid=195
http://blackbearukuleles.net/detail.html?itemid=195
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