Hi again,

"As for how long it would take, I was asking about the building of it, not the learning."

Yes, I knew that. I was explaining why - after I had said how wonderful the Harplist is - I had had only one useful response.

This was my response to the List, and in my 3rd paragraph I pre-empted what you just said, because even though I couldn't remember what instruments you play and how well I was pretty sure that you are a bit of a wiz at picking up new instruments.



"I will not accept any nasty comments about my request. If you have
comments please keep them polite and courteous, as I always endeavour to
be polite, courteous and friendly on this list.

If you have comments which do not belong on the list then I gently
suggest that you address them to me personally via my e-mail.

You know nothing about my cyber-friend and therefore you are not in a
position to make these observations which have no basis in fact.

Gentle and kind regards from someone who has been on this list almost
from its inception and who values the international spirit of kindness,
friendliness, support and information-sharing above all else,

Helen, in Australia"

This gentle kick in the pants worked well.

As to how long it takes to make a kit harp - I'm not sure, and it depends mostly on how motivated you are to get it done quickly, too. I'm not sure who to ask about that. The friend who made mine was busy with other things as well so it took maybe a couple of months, but the main time delay if you were trying to do it to a deadline would be waiting for the glue to dry, but also there is about a week's worth of daily tuning up to get the strings up to pitch and then get them to stay there - they need to be reeducated to stay at that particular amount of "stretch".

Helen