Patrons, Angels & Supporters
Why we need you…
To allow our Students to create 48 professional quality harps over our first 4 years, and to enable us to keep those harps to support more young players, we must raise enough funds to pay for the timber & materials to make those harps.
The cost of timber, materials and strings for one professional harp is £1,600
The cost of those materials for 48 harps over our first 4 years will be £76,000
As a Community Interest Company, The Scottish School of Harp Making CIC operates on a not-for-profit basis, with assets locked to benefit the community.
The School’s work is designed to become self-sustaining over future years, with harp rental income supporting future training places and the purchase of harp making materials.
All our donors are currently being entered into our Special Draw to win a beautiful £7,500 professional harp …
With Special Thanks to our Patrons, Angels & Supporters
Support Tiers
Patrons
Contribute £1,600 to cover the material costs for one professional quality harp.
Angels
Contribute £400 to cover one quarter of the material costs for one harp.
Supporters
Contribute any amount from £50 to £350.
Or you can make a bank transfer to:
Bank: Co-operative Bank
Account Name: The Scottish School of Harp Making CIC
Sort Code: 08 92 99
Account Number: 67426494
International Account Number: GB52 CPBK 0892 9967 4264 94
When you make a payment, please also send a quick email to info@harps.scot so that we can check & confirm safe receipt of your payment - thank you!
We are so grateful to our growing number of generous Patrons, Angels & Supporters!
Patrons
The Clarsach Society London & SE Branch
Barbara Dresner
Ron Young
Islay Lindsay
Rena Mitchell
Alan Carr
Moira Stark
Whitmore’s Timber
Jane & Graham Buchanan Dunlop
Elizabeth Roy
Sarah McQuaker
We will begin to list the individuals & businesses here, who have kindly become Patrons, Angels & Supporters of the School and its Students
Angels
Cath Abbess
Lesley Morrison
Ian Hepburn
Ateke Koudijs-Meijer
Jack Shuttleworth
Moy Mackay
Helen Quigley
Supporters
Alison Kinnaird
Sue Flynn
Savourna Stevenson
Helen Talbot
Mary Mackay
Yvonne Gray
Chris Watkin
Graham O’Neil
France Ellul
Oliver & Jane Stephenson
Tesa Seyers
Francis MacLean
Robert Paul
Fiona McLuckie
Judith Robert
Elise Mallion
Supporters
Morag Barr
Patty Ritter
Ted Jones
Ian Ludlam
Jeff Cowey
Judith Ude
Caroline Dickson
Kerry McLeod
Dave & Gica
Andrew & Susan Boagey
Morven Mitchell
Isy MacLean
Joanna Chiang
Jim & Emma Hart
And to add a little excitement to our fundraising campaign, all new donors will be entered into our Special Draw to win a very beautiful Professional Harp …
… A £7,500 Norris Standard 34 with Carbon Core in Walnut, with Boxwood Inlay, Gold-Plated Camac Levers, Norris P40 Piezo Pickups and an Embroidered Soft Case.
For our Special £7,500 Draw, all new ‘Supporters’ will get 2 tickets, ‘Angels’ will get 6 tickets and ‘Patrons’ will get 12 tickets.
The Special Draw will be made when we reach our target of £76,000, or on the 26th December 2026, whichever is sooner.
( Business donors and non-harp playing donors can opt out of the Draw so that harp player’s chances of winning are increased )
Support from The Duke of Roxburghe
We are delighted to have the support of Charles Innes-Ker, The Duke of Roxburghe, who is pictured here with Mark Norris at the Scottish School of Harp Making.
Charles Innes-Ker says of the School project: “We’re pleased to see this important initiative being developed in the Scottish Borders … to secure the future of Scotland’s oldest instrument for generations to come.”
