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Simon Chadwick's
Early Gaelic Harp Emporium

Accessories

brooches

Antique brooches showing early Irish harps. I am trying to keep in stock a selection, carefully chosen for being reasonably accurate depictions of extant early Irish harps. At present we can offer two types (click the photo for closeup picture):

Fanciful design, set with Connemara marble. Un-hallmarked silver colour metal, incised designs. Hinged pin with old-fashioned hook clasp on back. I think these date from the late 19th or early 20th century. £25

Enamelled, plated bronze, depicting the 'Trinity college' harp fairly accurately. 2cm long. Hinged pin and old-fashioned hook clasp on back. I think these date from the 1940s or 50s. £12

Please enquire for the colours and designs currently available.

silver coin

Antique Irish silver coins, various dates between 1928 and 1950. 75% pure silver, with the harp design on the front and an animal on the back.
Shilling (1s), bull, £7
Florin (2s), salmon, £14
Halfcrown (2/6), horse, £17.50
Please enquire for coins currently available.

moleskine

"Moleskine" Music note book, 192 pages each printed with 7 staves, 9cm wide by 14cm high. Hardback notebook with hardwearing black cloth cover, acid free paper, properly bound (sewn in signatures), pocket inside back cover for loose notes, ribbon bookmark, elastic closure, rounded corners.
£13 +

Music pen

Music pen, old-fashioned dip pen with five nibs, for drawing a music staff or stave onto plain paper. The "Brause" metal nib is separate, and fits into the wooden penholder (handle). Current stock is of plain wooden handles. Very useful for adding small amounts of music notation to a notebook or sheet of paper. Must be used with a bottle of ink.
£8 +

Italic pen

Italic pen, "Italic Fountain Pentel Medium JM208" disposable plastic pen with flat nib for elegant handwriting. An ideal companion to your Moleskine music notebook. I use this type of pen all the time.
£2.50 +

Posca pen

String marker pen. Here at the Emporium we disapprove of colouring one's strings red and blue like on a pedal harp, but there are times when one really needs to put a bit of colour on the strings - when your pedal harpist friend wants to borrow your harp for example! These amazing 'Uni POSCA PC-5M' water-based marker pens put a really bright blue or red colour onto metal wire strings. When you have finished and no longer need coloured strings the colour comes right off with a damp cloth. Available in pairs, one each red and blue. As used by the Historical Harp Society of Ireland for student harps at Scoil na gCláirseach.
£6 a pair +

luggage

Luggage tag. It is a great idea to have your name and address on a tag attached to your harp case Sorry but the harp design tags are no longer available. I can supply a plain black leather tag. The plastic window under which you slip your contact details, is covered by a flap for privacy. Complete with leather strap with a brass buckle.
£5 +

keyring

Keyring tuning key, small handle, made from brass. 5.0mm size, fits standard US pedal harp size tuning key only (as used on HHSI Student early Irish harps). These small keys come in only one size, sorry!
£2 +

Keyring tuning key, made from brass, larger handle and better quality. A variety of sizes available. Please check your tuning pin size before ordering. You can return a key that does not fit, and try the next size.
£6 +
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silk wrap

Silk wrap, for use in fingernail repair. This is fine silk cloth with a light self-adhesive backing, which can be used with superglue to reinforce cracks or to glue on a ping-pong nail repair. You get just under 50cm x 2 cm strip, enough for many years of broken fingernails!
£5 a pack +

Japanese sandpaper

Japanese sandpaper, ideal for shaping and smoothing the edges of your fingernails. Pack of 5 sheets, 1 very fine (1200), 2 extremely fine (1500) and 2 ridiculously super-fine (2000). Sourced in Japan and considered the world's best sandpaper.
£4 a pack +