NOTE: These Sharping Lever Plans have been temporarily removed from our store. They are undergoing a modification to increase their ease & accuracy of use. It is expected they should be available again on September 17, 2024.
Created by John Kovac; now in February 2024, edited & expanded by Davy Clark.
This sharping lever locating & installation plans kit will help you add your own sharing levers to your new or older harp (particularly a Kovac 36-string model Paraguayan harp).
Please, be aware that this is a process that modifies a harp's Neck/Harmonic Curve from its original shape & function. This modification will only work on an existing harp already prepared for levers. Or, will work on a new Neck which original harp plans have been first altered via the included templates to receive sharping levers before the harp's original Neck is created.
This Kit comes with full-size templates, complete instructions & John Kovac's original DVD video showing how to install sharping levers on your Kovac harp.
This kit does NOT contain any hardware. Sharping levers & hardware must be purchased separately from a 3rd party dealer.
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Demonstrations Videos:
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video #2
video #3
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Note: These plans are offered in their as-is, original & historic format. Adaptation to your harp may become necessary & is noted in the instructions. Also, see our notice here.
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This kit includes a legacy video disc, in DVD format, which may have a plain paper sleeve instead of a disc case with a commercial media sleeve.
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PRE-BUILT HARPS
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DAMAGE to SHIPMENT
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Photo Credit: Matthew Henry