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Comment by Judy Cagle on April 2, 2013 at 7:29pm

Thanks for the comments. I have one of Rick Long's D bowed psalteries. 

Comment by Dona Benkert on April 2, 2013 at 9:50am

Thanks for the comment Tish, I was just in the process of writing pretty much the same response.  I do find that higher notes do sound better bowed away from the pin also - at least on the psalteries I've tried. 

One more aspect of the clear tone is the width of the bow hair (as well as the staightness - not crossed or twisted hairs).  The thinner the bow hair, the further you can get from the pin, allowing the string to be set in vibration more evenly.  I've tried violin bows, but never liked the sound on my psaltery or any others I've tried.   My favorite bow is only 3/8" thick with the hair being less than 1/8" wide.  Since my pins have 1 3/4" between them, I have plenty of room to move for the desired sound.

Any other thoughts on this????

Comment by Tish Westman on April 2, 2013 at 8:49am

Judy, most of the time if you bow as far away from the pin the wire is coming over you will get more vibration from the wire, the lower notes especially.  The higher notes sometimes sound better if you bow closer to that pin.  It all depends on your instrument and how you bow.  There isn't a right or wrong but getting the response from the string that you desire.

Bonnie,  yes you can move within the space to create different vibrato sounds like a fast tremor or a slow wave sound.

Comment by Bonnie Blue Crouse on April 2, 2013 at 7:23am

Not sure what kind of BP you have. On all the ones I've seen, there is just enough room between the pins for the bow to slide across the string, with maybe a little wiggle room to have fun with tremor effects. Close to the pins?

Comment by Judy Cagle on April 2, 2013 at 6:49am

Being new at the bowed psaltery, I have been watching many videos.  Some say to play your bow close to the pins, others say not to.  Which should it be?

Comment by Evelyn L Abston on February 7, 2013 at 3:51pm

I am working a classical style piece for guitar and Rose, my Baritone Psaltery. I finally have a stand for her so it is a lot easier to play thank you to Rick Long for the Tripod recommendation and James Jones for building the stand for me.

Comment by Brongaar on February 7, 2013 at 3:15pm

Keeping on cracking Star Spangled Banner, and working on America the Beautiful.

Comment by Karen cotton on November 26, 2012 at 4:19pm

I'm excited Christmas is coming, carols on the psaltry are so so lovely!

Comment by Charlie Marshall on March 16, 2012 at 5:12pm

In case you missed it, I posted a message to Donna in the Forum section regarding some "Note Position Markers" that are available free of cost to the next four responders.  Take a look at the message and see if your interested in doing an evaluation on these items.

Charlie Marshall

Loonsong Psalteries

Comment by LESLIE LAND on February 6, 2012 at 1:50pm

THAT'S IT!!!!  The reason I was trying to find it so badly, besides sounding like it was a really neat little book, is that I THINK I ordered it, but for some strange reason I can find no record of it.  Thank you so much!!!  Will see if I ordered it and, if not, will do so today!! I play recorders, ocarinas, etc and this will be great for all of them!

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