Fortunately, through three major repair jobs, it has become a magnificent instrument. I waited three-and-a-half years for my harp, which finally arrived in 1979.

The later 80s was a beginning of a golden time, when they had fine wood available and the construction improved greatly over the 1970s, when they had to rush things along to keep up with the demand. Now, the harps have matte finishes, rather than French polished, which to me makes them look dusty all the time. And there have been changes in string spacing. In that era, the neck was closer to the board in the first octave. Style 11s also used to have a wider sounding board than a 23, but I gather that led to uneven tone, a fatter bass, and thinner above. A number of them had structural problems, so the proportions and elements of the column were slightly altered.

You can reserve the right to refuse to sell to anyone who is rude.The Salzedo models today are slightly altered, those of the 1980s were exactly the original design, I believe. You may stipulate the terms regarding payment and transport or pick-up as you feel comfortable or arrange with a legitimate buyer. You may sell or not sell to whomever you choose for any reason public or private without speculation.

On behalf of Montana harpers, let's be clear: you own your harp. I've never had anyone contact me with such vicous rudeness before, ending by telling me to remove my add if I wasn't willing to sell or ship my harp to them in a second separate e-mail I was chided for not making it apparent I wouldn't ship it (though it was clearly in the listing). Lately, however, I've experienced something new-bullying. Before, if an e-mail seemed suspicious, I could correspond to dig for those red flags and the truth would soon be obvious. from your listing (not knowing if it's a pedal harp or a folk harp/ how many strings), assuming you can ship your harp to where they are/ not knowing where you are located (98% of the harps listed as 'Montana Harps for Sale' can be assumed to be IN MONTANA). The usual red flags are: poor grammar, referring to your harp as 'your item' or in generic terms 'your harp', missing obvious info. These scammers are becoming hard to discern.

Recently, I've had a few 'someones' reach out regarding a harp I had listed for sale.

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