You have no doubt noticed the harp in the above photo, which brings me to my second point. My typist, while by no means accomplished, or even very good, does play the harp, and badly done harps in SL are one of her pet peeves. By badly done harps, I mean the ones that force one to play the instrument backwards with the center column on one's shoulder. I am also partial to the older scroll head harps, on the right, below.
So I was delighted to find a scroll head harp, done well. It is from Sakisa's Shop, and the creator is Sakisa Mazi. It comes in 4 colors, and is only 5 prims including the chair. Click it and the music starts, whether or not you are sitting at it. It plays Pachelbel's Canon. The instructions are in Japanese, and the chair has two poses in it, playing and sitting. To change the pose press the shift key and the right arrow. Sakisa's also has other instruments.
Here I am playing in the traditional way, with the harp on my right shoulder. The dress spreads out nicely around the harp. Below is a detail, showing the hat, which comes with the dress, and the sunflower jewelry I'm wearing from Donna Flora. I'm not wearing prim fingernails on purpose, because one plays this type of harp with the pads of the fingers, and nails get in the way. My hair is from Boon and is called QPT129. My skin is from Curio.
Here's a view from the back:
In real life one would be sitting up straighter and the harp would be leaning back, but this is a reasonable compromise, since the instrument will be standing most of the time.
Links:
The White Armory: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emerald/88/121/26
Sakisa's Shop: http://slurl.com/secondlife/waseda/104/23/36
Donna Flora: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bonin/218/163/22
Boon: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SAIKIN/116/126/699
Curio: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Curio/154/126/35
