Lyon & Healy Counter Sales Book, 1925 The earliest evidence of the harp is found in Ancient Egypt around 2500 BC. Back then, the instrument was shaped like a bow and had very few strings. Without the ...

The harp shown here is a frame harp with a post and an arched sound box. The entire instrument is made of oak, its eleven strings tied at the top and wound around tuning pegs at the base. The strings ...

An architect in Chennai works on recreating the ‘yazh' or the ancient Tamil harp ... a once-popular harp-like instrument in Tamil Nadu which disappeared by the 14th century when the veena ...

Harp players are gathering in Northern Ireland for a unique cross-border, cross-community festival celebrating the instrument and ... in three volumes called The Ancient Music of Ireland.

Researchers have unearthed the remains of ancient Greek musical instruments - a harp and a lyre - on the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. Researchers from the Institute ...