Documentary film by Elizabeth Reta on the reconstruction of a historical pedal harp in the studio of Swiss harp maker Beat Wolf.
The film shows all steps of work for the single action harp in 7 stages: from wood storing over all the wood works up to varnishing; further from all metal work for pedals and mechanism up to the finished instrument, which is finally rehearsed by a harpist.
Elizabeth Reta was born in Buenos Aires, where she visited the School of Art. Since 1993 the versatile artist lives in Switzerland. She paints and creates collages, objects and jewelry. She also worked with Radio and TV. Beat Wolf made the first replicas of the Louis XVI harp in the world.
DURATION 30 min + slideshow
FORMAT 4:3 PAL; CODE 0/all; LANGUAGE German, SUBTITLES in French and English.
BOOKLET of 12 p. in German, French and English with illustrations.
EXTRA: Large slide-show of original harps of the era of Marie-Antoinette.