Forest Kitty

After two months of carefully changing out my bronze wires for copper phosphor bronze ones and bringing my double-strung harp up to tension (currently at A=390, Baroque pitch), my newest wire harp is ready to make his grand appearance at our Christmas Eve services!

In the harp world, we tend to give our harps a name. Esabelle was already named by her builder Gary Stone when I got her, but she was made in 2015 in memory of my beloved tuxedo kitty Isabelle, who died in May 2014 of complications from feline diabetes (after two years of twice-daily insulin injections).

On March 25, 2017, I lost another beloved tuxedo kitty, Forest, also to diabetes. He belonged to my parents and became my kitty after they were unable to care for him. He came to live with us and I managed his insulin until he also developed the same complications as Isabelle.

Both of my harps have these kitties’ paw print impressions inside, at the bottom. I decided to rename my third wire harp, the Argent Fox Lady Marilyn, to “Forest Harp”, in honor of Forest Kitty.

Forest Harp

Paw prints on harp pillar

Here is a video I made some years ago, when the grief was still fresh, of Forest. The harp I’m playing in the background is my Triplett Luna. (I haven’t renamed my Luna harp yet. She’s still Luna.)