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The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood.
It is likely, however, that the harp was made for a member of an important family, for it is skilfully constructed and intricately ornamented. View of the harp after the 1830s restoration, but before 1960s restoration Guinness logo. According to Charles Vallancey writing in 1786, it was reputedly once owned by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland. [3]
The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of ... by the 1500s, the most common Celtic harp strings are made of brass. [38] [2] ...
Portable harp made by John Egan, photographed in 1819. John Egan was an Irish musical instrument maker active during the years 1804 to 1838, [1] who is considered by many as the father of the modern Irish harp.
The medieval harp refers to various types of harps played ... (column, harmonic curve, and soundboard) [2] and strings made of wire or gut. The instrument was ...
The angkuoch (Khmer: អង្គួច) is a Cambodian Jew's harp. [19] It is a folk instrument made of bamboo and carved into a long, flat shape with a hole in the center and the tongue across the hole. [20] There is also a metal variety, more round or tree-leaf shaped. [20] It may also have metal bells attached. [20]
The year Ermon Harp participated in the sit-down strike, Ford Motor Company guards severely beat up union activists. Kentucky's Ermon Harp made history in Detroit's UAW sit-down strikes: Opinion ...
Cycladic culture harp player, 2800–2700 B.C. Harps probably evolved from the most ancient type of stringed instrument, the musical bow.In its simplest version, the sound body of the bowed harp and its neck, which grows out as an extension, form a continuous bow similar to an up-bowed bow, with the strings connecting the ends of the bow.