I recently got the tagelharpa bug and decided to make one. I was having trouble getting the strings to sound decent and after a ton of experimentation, I went with a Flemish twist like I would on a traditional archery bow.
Probably not the traditional way but sounds ok to me and they don’t fly apart when you remove them from the instrument.
The hair is supposedly Mongolian stallion hair from eBay but I’m no expert.
Also this is not an instrument I’m very familiar with at all, and its a first time build, the scale is pretty odd I think, not big enough to lay across your lap without bowing into your knee and too tall to play comfortably in the upright position so I went with a strap and guitarish hold. I hope this doesn’t break any tagelharpa rules!
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