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...Benet says that contact with fellow harpists through competitions and lessons is essential to improving her skill. "It's such an unusual instrument that you need to know people who play to help you with your problems...
...harp, with its 46 strings and seven foot pedals, has only existed in its modern form since the late nineteenth century, so only a limited supply of old music is available. Some masters, like Handel and Mozart, have composed music for a more primitive version of the harp, but Benet explains that repertoire can be a problem because "a lot of composers write their token harp concerto and that...
...size and cost of the instrument are also formidable obstacles. Benet has three harps: she keeps her $17,000 model with its gold-plated column at home in San Francisco; the second, worth $13,000, she brings to school; and the third, a much, much smaller replica, dangles from a gold chain around her neck...
Although owning a harp can be expensive (Benet's family also had to buy a station wagon to transport the harp when she began playing it), its size can be an asset. Benet says, "sometimes, when I'm on tour, I use the harp case as a dressing room. It also doubles as a closet for my long dresses...
...Harvard, Benet practices her rare ability with the Harvard/Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), the Bach Society Orchestra and the Ensemble Society. She takes three music classes as electives but must go to New York for lessons because Harvard lacks a harp teacher. She recently acquired an instructor from the Boston Symphony Orchestra...