ANSWER/SPOILERThe answer on the card is: almost certainly not, unless the object is a particularly beautiful/notable ornament in its own right.
From the moment a harp is finished, it only gets progressively worse as a musical instrument. The tension in the frame makes it so.
There is no harp restoration. Musically, harps merely get worse and worse. There is no market in vintage harps, except among buyers of ornamental pieces.
A vintage harp with some certified provenance, or of particular beauty or craftsmanship, may retain a certain value.
But mostly, old harps are true junk. Any harper/harpist prefers to play a new harp, cos harps only degrade and there's no way to stop it.
There. That was fun, wasn't it?
(From the moment a harp is finished, it only gets progressively worse as a musical instrument. The tension in the frame makes it so.
There is no harp restoration. Musically, harps merely get worse and worse. There is no market in vintage harps, except among buyers of ornamental pieces.
A vintage harp with some certified provenance, or of particular beauty or craftsmanship, may retain a certain value.
But mostly, old harps are true junk. Any harper/harpist prefers to play a new harp, cos harps only degrade and there's no way to stop it.
There. That was fun, wasn't it?
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:33,
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