Hi all,

I started the More Strings Than Most: how many harps? thread and put people off the trail a bit by referring to harps in the thread title. The reason I started the thread was to provide a bit of commiseration for other Mudcatters who seem to spend more time tuning up than playing, but we ended up with some discussions about a few other common problems too.

More Strings Than Most: how many harps? http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12977&messages=40

So, since I unintentionally excluded some people by mentioning harps I'll rephrase the question: How many Mudcatters have or play multi-stringed instruments?

Susan of DT collated the census figures from the other thread and here are the results: Subject: RE: More Strings Than Most: how many harps? From: Susan of DT Date: 30-Aug-99 - 06:23 PM

The census seems to be: Harps: Allan C, Sandra, Helen, Jen, Emily Rain, Susan of DT, Black Walnut, Sharon
Autoharps: Bill D, Rick Fielding, DDW, Harpgirl, Harpy, Susan of DT
Zither: Ferrara
Hammer Dulcimer: Paddy, Catspaw, Sharon
MacArthur Harps: Ferrara, Susan of DT, (and of course, Margaret MacA)
Other: Bert, Rick Fielding, Sharon
The preponderence of harps is probably more due to the thread title than to actual numbers. Other instrument's players may not have read the thread.

Helen