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About Us
Oceania Harp Studio is New Zealand's first official agents for Lyon & Healy and Salvi, and the sole agents for Harp-E, Nifty Pilgrim and Stewart Harps.
We are very proud to be the first New Zealand company to be granted dealership by Lyon & Healy and Salvi, meaning that Oceania Harp Studio now has even greater buying power to help meets the needs of the New Zealand harp community.
Amanda is a New Zealander whom has over 30 years experience in
playing both lever and pedal harps. She has travelled the world, lived
overseas for many years, and studied harp with some of the world's best
harpers and harpists, from different countries and genres. She has
extensive experience and knowledge of various makes and models of harp.
Oceania Harp Studio was launched with the aim of bringing
world-renowned, high quality harps to the New Zealand harp community
where sound, responsiveness and quality craftsmanship is foremost.
PRIVACY POLICY - Oceania Harp Studio places very high value
on, and respects your privacy, and will not post on social media photos
of you or your children or announce the sale of a particular harp to a
particular person. Any photos send to us of you enjoying your harp will
always be treated as confidential.
As per the Privacy Act 2020, all of your data is treated as
confidential, and you will be informed if any breaches of this data is known.
ETHICAL POLICY - Oceania Harp Studio only works with companies
with strong ethical business principles. For example, Teifi and Nifty
are UK Community Enterprises which are non-for-profit businesses. For
all harp orders, Oceania Harp Studio works with you, and the harp
manufacturers and freight companies with proven experience in harp
moving ane will keep you fully informed throughout the process. All
harps orders from Lyon & Healy, Pilgrim Harps, Salvi and Teifi Harps
are supplied at manufacturers MRSP cost as listed on the website.
Freight, GST, customs clearance, are charge at actual cost.
The company is based in Palmerston North, Manawatu.
Our email address is: oceaniaharpstudionz@gmail.com
Our phone contact is: 0211196305
We would like to acknowledge the work of Shannon Novak. Shannon kindly
gave us permission to use his artwork, 'Sound Fragment XIV' as the
company logo. For more of Shannon's work visit www.shannonnovak.com.
Purchasing a harp
Purchasing a Harp
We understand that purchasing a new harp is an important financial
investment, so if you are thinking about a harp from either of these
manufacturers please contact us via the email link so we can further
discuss and understand your individual harp requirements so that we can
help you achieve your aspirations.
Prices
Prices listed on this website are advertised in the currency of the
country of origin of the instruments. Rest assured that as an official
agent for Teifi, Salvi and Lyon & Healy, all harps ordered through
Oceania Harp Studio are being offered to New Zealand harp players at the
same price set by these manufacturers.
In addition, to clarify the price of ordering and delivering a harp in New Zealand is a combination of the following:
- The manufacturer's harp price
- International exchange rates
- Freight charges from manufacturer to NZ (vary daily, so can't be quoted for)
- NZ GST (paid on both the value of the harp & freight charge)
- NZ custom charges
- Freight clearing charges
- Delivery to home address
If you are trying to calculate your harp budget, there is a very
rough, rule of thumb you can follow to give an idea of the cost of
importing a harp at this time: (DUE TO COVID resulting in the
historically high current international freight charges the calculation
below can only be considered a guide).
UK price x 3 = NZ price (pre COVID guide only)
US price x 2 = NZ price (post COVID guide only)
From time to time Oceania Harp Studio will have instruments and other
harp related items in stock, and when these are available they will be
advertised in New Zealand dollars and will be available for immediate
purchase.
If you wish to order a Lyon & Healy or Salvi harp, payment will generally be in 3 steps:
1. You will be invoiced for a 10% deposit of the MSRP USD$.
2. Pay the remaining amount for the harp, the freight to NZ, and
insurance in USD$, direct to the manufacturer, or Oceania Harp Studio
(depending on the manufacturer's preference).
3. When your harp arrives in NZ you will need to pay for customs, GST
of 15% (on value of the harp and freight), clearance fees, and delivery
to your home address in NZD$ direct to the freight clearing company.
I do not mark up any of these prices, as I am working very hard to offer harps to NZ players at actual cost.