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Historical harp guitar players include Polish guitarist-virtuoso Marek Konrad SokoĊowski (1818-1884), the German composers and guitarists Adam Darr (1811–1866) and Eduard Bayer (1822–1908) and the Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937), [2] [7] Mario Maccaferri, Italo Meschi (1887-1957) and Luigi Mozzani.
Wood in harp construction varies by instrument, but Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the most common soundboard wood. Various Lyon & Healy guitars, mandolins, and many other instrument types reside in major musical instrument museums in the U.S. and Europe.
The brothers patented techniques in guitar building, such as laminated bracing, metal support rods, and guitar top and back under tension. The guitars were sold under the Maurer name in addition to Euphonon, Prairie State, Stetson, and Stahl. [2] They also built mandolins and harp guitars. Carl Larson retired in 1940, and the business was ...
The Gibson Style U was a harp guitar produced by the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company from 1902 until 1925. [2] The Style U was produced in several different configurations over the years, with the most common variation having ten sub-bass strings.
Shaped like a guitar; [153] on loan to Simone Lamsma. Firebird; ex-Saint Exupéry: 1718 Salvatore Accardo: Named for the colouration of the varnish, and for the instrument's brilliant sound. Marquis de Rivière: 1718 Daniel Majeske Played by Majeske while concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1969–1993. San Lorenzo: 1718 Georg Talbot
Oscar Schmidt was a musical instrument manufacturing company established in 1871. During its long existence, Oscar Schmidt has produced a wide range of string instruments, not only guitars but also numerous models of parlour instruments such as autoharps, celtic harps, guitar zithers, the "guitarophone" (a zither/metal-disc playing hybrid), [3] marxophones [4] and bowed psalteries (or "ukelins").
William Eaton is a New Age guitarist and luthier, known for building unique instruments, particularly harp guitars. [1] Eaton is currently the director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. [2] In 2015, Eaton was conferred the Governor of Arizona Arts Award. [1] Eaton lives in Sedona, Arizona. [1]
Harp-lute by Edward Light at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Light invented [1] the harp-guitar about 1798, an instrument resembling the pedal-harp, with neck and head not unlike the Spanish guitar. There are seven strings tuned like those of the English guitar, with the addition of the violin G.