Fantastic video. I had a Snoopy on my shelf ever since I was a little kid, but never heard the difference between it and a real harp until I broke it and wanted a new one and had to do a little research. Videos like this will help the jaw harp become more prevalent in North America as a true instrument and not some gimmicky hillbilly souvenir!
For people to avoid buying these unplayable harps i guess it'd be nice if you made a video mentioning some websites' names that sell actual playable harps like the harpery, oberton, and etc. Or even recommend harp maker names and the ways we can communicate with them. That way people won't buy such harps.
The links are already within the video and in the description and many of my videos have this. You can click the link to theharpery.com beginner pages in the description or click the pop up end card at the end of the video as well. Many of my long form videos and some of my short form have this as well. I am a 51% owner of The Harpery. However I don’t heavily promote The Harpery in my videos since the last thing I want is for my content to become similar to sponsored content where everything is leading to a sale and building a customer base. I would rather build community and not so much a customer base. Building a customer base with sponsored content tends to bias content and skew things towards selling which makes things feel inauthentic like acting in a commercial, which is a feeling I don’t enjoy. , Whereas, I want my videos for the most part to be authentic from the perspective of a jaw harp enthusiast, sound explorer, and harp educator taking things I learn and sharing them. I do appreciate your comment and feel free to click the cards and end screens that pop up in my videos. Harp on, harp out, harp often.
My journey into TH-cam has been really fun, but I learned early on my only real way of being successful was to make it enjoyable and do it because I want to. I try not to do any acting and I want my videos to be genuine. I can’t be genuine if my only motive is selling. I work doing heating and air as an installer Monday-Thursday. I don’t have to sell harps to survive. In some ways I think pursuing money can ruin things we love. I love these instruments so much. They gave me my wish of being able to make music, and can do the same for anyone. They are also a form of mediation and spirituality for me, while giving me a huge outlet for creativity and general other nerdery. Also thank you so much for your comment.
Yes. People were telling him they got this jaw harp and couldn't get any volume out of it. He compares it to a better made jaw harp showing the distance between the reed (what gives you the volume) and the frame, and shows how stiff the reed is. Says it's so stiff that it transfers vibrations to his teeth and that didn't feel good.
Not that anyone should have to.. but I wonder if it is possible to bend the Trophy harp to close the gap and then plane down the thickness of the reed and actually hake it a playable harp.
th-cam.com/video/r8MvpBgQ9kw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=h1-nwp1ECf5aUf50. You can thin down the reed as well but it won’t change the fact it isn’t good spring steel.
It's always jarring to see and hear the difference between these gimmicky souvenirs and real, properly made harps. It's like Trophy goes out of their way to make the most barely-functional garbage possible, and apparently that's a solid business model. "It's like plucking a diving board." Couldn't have put it better myself.
Fantastic video. I had a Snoopy on my shelf ever since I was a little kid, but never heard the difference between it and a real harp until I broke it and wanted a new one and had to do a little research. Videos like this will help the jaw harp become more prevalent in North America as a true instrument and not some gimmicky hillbilly souvenir!
For people to avoid buying these unplayable harps i guess it'd be nice if you made a video mentioning some websites' names that sell actual playable harps like the harpery, oberton, and etc. Or even recommend harp maker names and the ways we can communicate with them. That way people won't buy such harps.
The links are already within the video and in the description and many of my videos have this. You can click the link to theharpery.com beginner pages in the description or click the pop up end card at the end of the video as well. Many of my long form videos and some of my short form have this as well. I am a 51% owner of The Harpery. However I don’t heavily promote The Harpery in my videos since the last thing I want is for my content to become similar to sponsored content where everything is leading to a sale and building a customer base. I would rather build community and not so much a customer base. Building a customer base with sponsored content tends to bias content and skew things towards selling which makes things feel inauthentic like acting in a commercial, which is a feeling I don’t enjoy. , Whereas, I want my videos for the most part to be authentic from the perspective of a jaw harp enthusiast, sound explorer, and harp educator taking things I learn and sharing them. I do appreciate your comment and feel free to click the cards and end screens that pop up in my videos. Harp on, harp out, harp often.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 i like how you look at things like this, really rare to see a youtuber who thinks the same as you
My journey into TH-cam has been really fun, but I learned early on my only real way of being successful was to make it enjoyable and do it because I want to. I try not to do any acting and I want my videos to be genuine. I can’t be genuine if my only motive is selling. I work doing heating and air as an installer Monday-Thursday. I don’t have to sell harps to survive. In some ways I think pursuing money can ruin things we love. I love these instruments so much. They gave me my wish of being able to make music, and can do the same for anyone. They are also a form of mediation and spirituality for me, while giving me a huge outlet for creativity and general other nerdery. Also thank you so much for your comment.
Язык я не понимаю,уж простите....Но по эмоциям понял что это не варган а кусочек симпатичного металла.
Yes. People were telling him they got this jaw harp and couldn't get any volume out of it. He compares it to a better made jaw harp showing the distance between the reed (what gives you the volume) and the frame, and shows how stiff the reed is. Says it's so stiff that it transfers vibrations to his teeth and that didn't feel good.
Thx for this video! So many people could have been hurt!
Can you put on the best Amazon jaw harp
Not that anyone should have to.. but I wonder if it is possible to bend the Trophy harp to close the gap and then plane down the thickness of the reed and actually hake it a playable harp.
th-cam.com/video/r8MvpBgQ9kw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=h1-nwp1ECf5aUf50. You can thin down the reed as well but it won’t change the fact it isn’t good spring steel.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 good point
It's always jarring to see and hear the difference between these gimmicky souvenirs and real, properly made harps. It's like Trophy goes out of their way to make the most barely-functional garbage possible, and apparently that's a solid business model.
"It's like plucking a diving board." Couldn't have put it better myself.
so why did we used to call them jews harps? was it racist?
No it was likely a mistranslated Middle English term for the harp. Check this out. th-cam.com/video/nat7iKiud3M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=X5erKjU56cS9hqfT