Harp Stork News (Updated)

My new harp Some pics of my lovely new Dusty Strings Allegro (26 strings, Sapelle wood, built-in pickup).

The factory installed pickup is very cool, no extra wires to worry about, just plug in and go.

It’s got three points of pickup on the inside of the harp (only one is visible in the photo), so it should perfectly cover the full range of the instrument.

Update: The built-in pickup rocks! Tried it out with the little Pignose amp, and it worked beautifully.

Don’t know how it will interact with more sophisticated sound systems, but the lack of preamp didn’t seem to be an issue. Just tweaked the settings on the Pignose a bit, and it sounded great. Also could turn up the wee amp higher than before, so more volume with less feedback problems.

Now I just wish I could magically install one on my big harp (and no, drilling brand-new holes in the Wanney harp is not an option; call me paranoid).