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Origins and Acoustics of the Modern Pedal Harp

Waltham, 2024

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Everyone knows what a harp looks like, at least at a distance, and what it sounds like, but few of us have had the chance to get up close and personal with the instrument and to appreciate its complexity and subtleties. Formally, harps are plucked string instruments with …
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