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The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale has its own string.
Double chromatic harp, built ca. 1890 by Henry Greenway; one of two extant instruments of this type, (photo: National Music Museum) Henry Greenway (Birmingham, England, 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri, 1903) was an English-born American harp maker. He created a type of chromatic cross-strung harp displaying X
The three-row so-called "chromatic nyckelharpa", with three melody strings tuned A1 – C1 – G, one drone tuned at C (from the highest to the lowest string) that is only touched occasionally, and 12 resonance strings (one for each step of the chromatic scale). Kontrabasharpa ("double bass harp") – most popular during the 17th and 18th ...
The Pro Harp was another model that was in Hohner's handmade line of harmonicas, and was later adapted to the modular system. [9] The Cross Harp was a nearly identical model to the Pro Harp with the exception of a wood comb and slightly thicker original reed plates. The black coverplate coating was greblon.
The guitar zither (also chord zither, fretless zither, [1] [2] mandolin zither [3] or harp zither [4]) is a musical instrument consisting of a sound-box with two sets of unstopped strings. One set of strings is tuned to the diatonic , chromatic , or partially chromatic scale and the other set is tuned to make the various chords in the principal ...
A French cross-strung chromatic harp. Chromatic double and triple harps have one row of strings that is tuned pentatonically to allow for chromatic playing. These harps exist both as parallel chromatic harps or as cross-strung harps.
Playing a harpejji. The harpejji (/ h ɑːr ˈ p ɛ dʒ iː / har-PEJ-ee) [1] is an electric stringed musical instrument developed in 2007 by American audio engineer Tim Meeks. [2] [3] It has been described by its manufacturer as a cross between a piano and a guitar, [1] [4], and by Jacob Collier as a cross between an accordion and a pedal steel guitar. [5]
321.1 Bow lutes - Each string has its own flexible carrier. 321.2 Yoke lutes or lyres - The strings are attached to a yoke which lies in the same plane as the sound-table and consists of two arms and a cross-bar. 321.21 Bowl lyres. 321.22 Box lyres. 321.3 Handle lutes - The string bearer is a plain handle. 321.31 Spike lutes. 321.311 Spike bowl ...