Here is my Mechanical Harp in the midi harp version. Harp samples from the Vienna Symphonic Library.
(The harp on the photo is from Ringve Music Museum and is not the one played here).

Here is my Mechanical Harp in the midi harp version. Harp samples from the Vienna Symphonic Library. (The harp on the photo is from Ringve Music Museum and is not the one played here).

The Mechanical Harp

Øyvind Rauset is a graphic artist, composer and violin player based in Oslo, Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian rock groups Folque and Ym-Stammen in the 1970’s and 80’s, and is now playing string swing/blues in the jazz group Oslo Radio Orkester. He has also made music for TV programs in the NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation). 
He has issued two albums with his own works, the most wide-spread being "13 Impossible Dances + 1 improbable". His next album "The Self-playing Harp" is on its way. 
After quitting his job as editor of the Scandinavian songwriter magazine VISOR, he has restarted his songwriter work and had a solo concert playing/singing his own songs in Stiklestad medieval church during the Olavsdagene event in July 2022.
In 2007 he was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. He was also a finalist in the 2014 competition. 

As a picture artist Rauset has participated several years at the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), the main annual show for Norway's artists. For ten years he made monograms for the Norwegian royal family, and worked on the first digital edition of the Royal Coat of Arms.

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Øyvind Rauset is a graphic artist, composer and violin player based in Oslo, Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian rock groups Folque and Ym-Stammen in the 1970’s and 80’s, and is now playing string swing/blues in the jazz group Oslo Radio Orkester. He has also made music for TV programs in the NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation). He has issued two albums with his own works, the most wide-spread being "13 Impossible Dances + 1 improbable". His next album "The Self-playing Harp" is on its way. After quitting his job as editor of the Scandinavian songwriter magazine VISOR, he has restarted his songwriter work and had a solo concert playing/singing his own songs in Stiklestad medieval church during the Olavsdagene event in July 2022. In 2007 he was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. He was also a finalist in the 2014 competition. As a picture artist Rauset has participated several years at the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), the main annual show for Norway's artists. For ten years he made monograms for the Norwegian royal family, and worked on the first digital edition of the Royal Coat of Arms.

Øyvind Rauset is a graphic artist, composer and violin player based in Oslo, Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian rock groups Folque and Ym-Stammen in the 1970’s and 80’s, and is now playing string swing/blues in the jazz group&nbsp;Oslo Radio Orkester. He has also made music for TV programs in the NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation). 
He has issued two albums with his own works, the most wide-spread being "13 Impossible Dances + 1 improbable". His next album "The Self-playing Harp" is on its way. 
After quitting his job as editor of the Scandinavian songwriter magazine VISOR, he has restarted his songwriter work and had a solo concert playing/singing his own songs in Stiklestad medieval church during the Olavsdagene event in July 2022.
In 2007 he was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. He was also a finalist in the 2014 competition. 

As a picture artist Rauset has participated several years at the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), the main annual show for Norway's artists. For ten years he made monograms for the Norwegian royal family, and worked on the first digital edition of the Royal Coat of Arms.

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The Mechanical Harp

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