Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?

Subject: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GUEST,Vivien
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:20 AM

Does anyone know where I can buy a plucked psaltery. I did enquire of Marcus Music where I bought a bowed psaltery a couple of years ago, but they wont be making any until the new year and I have promised my 11 year old son that he can have one for Christmas. Panic stations here!

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Sorcha
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:35 AM

Lark in The Morning (US)
Elderly Instruments (US)
Hobgoblin (UK)

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:36 AM

Where are you based?

Skipy

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:37 AM

Try either/both Elderly Instruments www.elderly.com or Lark In The Morning www.larkinthemorning.com
Elderly is in Lansing, Michigan; Lark in the Morning is in San Franciscos and another city in California.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:40 AM

ebay...I've got two which I bought there. One of them is smaller and made by a grandpa for his grandkids. He even has music sheets to put under the strings to teach them where to pluck for simple songs. As far as I know he still sells them there. The other one i bought on ebay is regular sized, old, and beautiful. If I remember right, I paid under $50 for it.

Good luck!

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:53 AM

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 11:56 AM

Nothing today on Ebay, I've just lokked.

If you are uk, I have spoken with the Music Box in Oxford, 01865 204119.
they are getting together a list of names, availability, delivery times & prices if you want to give them a call late Thursday morning.

Regards Skipy

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Piglet
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 01:44 PM

Thanks for everyone's replies.

Skipy - I am in the UK (Hampshire). I have done a bit of searching on the internet and contacted one company earlier this evening called Fine Tuning who charge £315 for a plucked psaltery. I was hoping to find something a little less expensive and also wondered if it might be worth getting a kit to make one.

I will definitely try The Music Box as you suggested - many thanks.

Piglet

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Dead Horse
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 04:16 PM

For cheapness, you could always go to the woods and shoot one for yourself and pluck it when ya git home.
The feathers can be usefull for stuffing pillows.......

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Piglet
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 05:18 PM

Thanks Dead Horse - its amazing what you can see and hear when you havent got a gun!

Piglet

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 05:23 PM

LOL, DH!

Here are a couple of places which you might try: click here

or, here.

If they won't ship overseas, you could have it sent to one of us and we could send it over. I've done that for other Mudcatters before. You pay for the shipping through paypal or international money order, etc.

Good luck. It's neat that your son wants this for a pressie!

kat

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: skipy
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 07:26 PM

Check out Highworth folk club web site, ask for a contact telephone number for Mervyn, he make instruments(mainly dulcimers), he may be able to help.

Skipy

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GLoux
Date: 02 Nov 04 - 08:11 PM

Look out for recordings of Betty Smith. She used to do a Sunday morning program on the plucked psaltery at Fiddler's Grove in North Carolina years ago that was absolutely beautiful.

-Greg

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Eye Lander
Date: 03 Nov 04 - 01:17 PM

http://www.musikit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MK&Category_Code=HogPsal

can't do blue clickys but this company do a kit version. There is another company but I cant rememeber the name at the moment, when it comes to me I shall post again.

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Eye Lander
Date: 03 Nov 04 - 01:18 PM

http://www.earlymusic.i12.com/general/prod_11.htm

Found it!!

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Eye Lander
Date: 03 Nov 04 - 01:20 PM

http://www.e-m-s.com/cat/kits/kits/plupsakt.htm

And another! I just typed psaltery into Google and .......... loads

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: Piglet
Date: 03 Nov 04 - 01:48 PM

Thank you so much everyone. I am now in contact with 3 different guys who are in the process of drawing up plans/providing quotes. Your help is very much appreciated. God knows how we managed before the internet.

Piglet

Subject: RE: Plucked Psaltery - Where can I buy one?
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 03 Nov 04 - 04:32 PM

Paul Hathway (no website phone [phone]) will make one for GBP265