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Irish harp
Small gut-strung harp with 33 strings, resembling in size and outline the traditional wire-strung diatonic Irish harp but with a dital-operated single action with Erard-style fourchettes. Four lowest strings wound. Buttonheaded bridge-strip pegs except for the two lowest strings, which are too close to the pillar so they have stopper knots on underside of the soundboard. Soundbox of semicircular section; three pairs of soundholes along centre of back. Lower end of soundbox open. There is an extendable wooden leg, with a brass cross-piece for foot, to take the weight of the instrument when it is held on the player’s lap. Seven ditals of ivory, engraved with note names, protrude from a brass plate on the inner face of the hollow pillar. Tuned in Eb; compass Eb to bb3.
- Date:
circa 1829 - Maker:
Egan, John [Person] - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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Dublin
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- Inscriptions:Engraved on brass action cover on left hand side of neck: "J. Egan 30 Dawson St. Dublin / Harp Maker by Special Appointment to His Most Gracious Majesty George IV th/& the Royal Family. / No 1904 [with the royal arms]"
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- Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
- Measurements:Height: 904mm. Width: 546mm.
- View the original record:http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/collection/Details/collect/1363