How a Harp is Made | Making a harp for my wife

My has always wanted a harp, so I decided to show how a harp is made. Rather than buy one I decided to spend more money and time making a harp for my wife. So, this is how a harp is made. At least how I went about making a harp for my wife. I probably did it wrong and if there are any luthiers or harp makers out there who want to correct me I welcome the feedback leave a comment and I will appreciated the feed back. Making a harp was an intimidating thing at first but after getting into it most of the aspects on how a harp is made are pretty simple. If you have a moderate amount of woodworking knowledge and skill you can make a harp as well. This harp is made of walnut and I used the Music makers Shepherds Harp plans and found them to be adequate but you definitely need to know what you're doing when it comes to operating power tools to follow them since they don't give a lot of guidance. 0:00 - Start 1:25 - Laying out the pattern 3:00 - Random hand plane shots 4:00 - Drilling them holes 6:00 - Cutting compound angle rabbets on the table saw 8:00 - Laying out and cutting the soundboard 10:30 - Gluing up 13:30 - Sanding 15:00 - Stringing the harp 15:30 - my wife's reaction 16:19 - The Final pictures Things where I got the plans https://www.harpkit.com/shepherd-lap-...