Close has invented more than 100 instruments, among them a Drum Jacket and a Drum Orb, but the Earth Harp is perhaps his best-known creation. He built the first one with 1,000 feet of string ...

Lap harps Lap harps are smaller instruments that may range from mere novelty items to functioning instruments. Some people include lyres, zithers, and other stringed instruments in this category.

But after creating 100 new instruments, including an aquatar and a drum cloud, Close now wants to design a harp with 1000 strings. "I think it would be spectacular," he said.

“I literally run the strings from the stage, out at minimum 60 feet but maybe as far as 1,000 feet, and attach them to whatever it is that I’m transforming into the instrument.” ...