In 1800, diatonic harps – also known as Renaissance harps – were invented. They had 24 or more gut strings, which were fixed to a soundboard with wooden pegs. Fast forward ten years, and the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Parker Ramsay thinks so. He has arranged the “Goldberg” Variations, a keyboard classic, for the modern pedal harp. By Parker Ramsay I suppose ...

Competing Harps Pieces A hundred years ago, a famous French harp company was trying to sell a new-fangled instrument: the pedal harp. It was pitched as a rival to the other new-fangled harp, the ...

Her Instagram handle is @tinyharp. Coronelli is 5 feet tall, which means she has developed her own approach to playing the instrument, because a concert-grand pedal harp comes in one size: about 6 ...

While a small, lap-style instrument can be had for less than $1,000, large free standing pedal harps can cost $20,000 if you're looking for high quality. Yousoufian has one in stock that retails ...