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Pedal harp.
Technical description: Concert pedal harp. 8 pedals. Body of sycamore. Painted soundboard which hides the grain of the wood. Compass E?? - E??, six octaves, 43 strings. Double action. The tuning-pins tune from the right-hand side (looking from the player's position). Iron square headed tuning-pins. Overall length of the tuning-pins can be altered by adjusting brass plates which hold the string bearing nuts. Pedal for opening slots in the back of the instrument by a mechanism comparable to that of a nag's head swell; slots range in size from 179×73 to 151×30. Double hitched pedals. The back is in the shape of a smooth curve. Brass plates on the head through which the tuning mechanism works. E?? - E?? strings overspun.Technical description: Concert pedal harp. 8 pedals. Body of sycamore. Painted soundboard which hides the grain of the wood. Compass E?₁ - E??, six octaves, 43 strings. Double action. The tuning-pins tune from the right-hand side (looking from the player's position). Iron square headed tuning-pins. Overall length of the tuning-pins can be altered by adjusting brass plates which hold the string bearing nuts. Pedal for opening slots in the back of the instrument by a mechanism comparable to that of a nag's head swell; slots range in size from 179×73 to 151×30. Double hitched pedals. The back is in the shape of a smooth curve. Brass plates on the head through which the tuning mechanism works. E?₁ - E?₂ strings overspun.
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1837 or laterSerial number: 4568. - Maker:
Erard, Sébastien [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:322.222-5 Frame harps with pedal action sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:322.222-5 Frame harps with pedal action sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1700
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17085