I contend that nose jobs, boob jobs, circumcision, and otoplasty are gender-affirming surgeries. And they often are performed on young people.
Jhh Löwengard
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I was born in 1823 and lie about my age. I am 6 microns tall and live in the eye of a needle.
![The state of the harp! The Yellow autoharp, which is a "one key" harp, has had a few upgrades, some of which were already there.
This harp is tuned down 3 semitones, so that the key of "F major" is now "D major" , and I updated some unwound strings to wound ones so they could be tighter. The lowest string is a drone string, which can be a D tuned up an octave or an E or rather a lot of choices. I changed it from having 12 to 15 chord bars, adding three colorful Major 6th/Major7 (and even one 9) in D minor's area. The other chords are kept simple - not even using my half notch trick - because I get "optional color" from the drone string.
All the bars are topped with neoprene which is a lot more comfy and the bars all have regulation screws on their ends to get them closer to the strings. I re-felted a lot of the bars because my scheme of using a felt assisted hot glued layer of neoprene to damp the strings was not stable enough - the neoprene was fraying just like felt, and the stress on the hot glue was enough to disconnect it. So I just used the usual felt. And now it has a spankin' new pickup from D'Aigles, which I mounted in a way that I can remove it for other harps that might need it.
It sounds good amplified with my new Yamaha THR5a portable busking amp. [ not pictured] Video to come!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dk3aelvbxkbfcscilatbvsc2/bafkreia7wm7so3tzkvun52bpokifbrutcjyoan5twyj6see5pb5r2nyacu)
