The concert harp is famous for its heavenly image. It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument ...

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.

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 ...

Gadgets Time Harp Instrument is Motion-Sensing, String-Playing Howler By Kit Eaton Published June 29, 2008 | Comments (0) 𝕏 ...

The harp's strings in this configuration are 30 meters (98 feet) long, and he says the idea in this or longer configurations is "to turn the earth into an instrument." He built his first Earth ...

But inside, each year, roughly 150,000 hand made harp strings are produced by five employees at Robinson’s Harp Shop. The business has been in operation since 1967.

The harp of biblical times could be played in the hand while walking, but the instrument has come a long way since then. On Feb. 19, String Theory, a Los ...

“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.” ...