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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.
Like the double-strung harp, the two outer rows of strings are tuned the same, but the triple-strung harp has no levers. This harp originated in Italy in the 16th century as a low headed instrument, and towards the end of 17th century it arrived in Wales where it developed a high head and larger size as the Welsh triple harp .
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
These harps were called arpa doppia or double harp and allowed for fully chromatic playing for the first time in the history of the harp. Later, a second diatonic row of strings was added on the other side of the pentatonic row of strings, creating the arpa tripla or triple harp.
The Gravikord is a 24 string electric double bridge-harp invented by Robert Grawi in 1984, [1] which is closely related to both the West African kora and the mbira. It was designed to employ a separated double tonal array structure making it possible to easily play cross-rhythms in a polyrhythmic musical style in a modern electro-acoustic ...
Lyon and Healy now primarily manufactures four types of harps—the lever harp, petite pedal harp, semi-grande pedal harp, and concert grand harp. They also make limited numbers of special harps called concert grands. Lyon & Healy makes electric lever harps in nontraditional colors such as pink, green, blue, and red.
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The Moon in the Labyrinth for harp and string quartet (or string orch.) [19] The Lyre of Orpheus for harp and string quartet (or for harp duo) [20] Fairy Tales for harp and flute (also piccolo) Five Pieces for harp, flute, and cello [21] Aurora for flute and harp [22] Bohuslav Martinů. Musique de Chambre No. 1 (clarinet, violin, viola, cello ...