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Harp
about 1700
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Maple, pearwood
Dimensions
Height 130.8 cm, width 45 cm, depth 20.4 cm (Height 51 1/2 in., width 17 11/16 in., depth 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1785
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionQuadrangular soundbox. Back, sides, and soundboard of maple, with pairs of incised lines along all edges. Soundboard grain oriented vertically. Three pairs of soundholes in soundboard, each composed of circular pattern of smaller holes. Pillar of maple with U-shaped cross section. Neck of pearwood with shallow reeding along top and sides. String pegs in form of L-shaped brays (several modern replacements) of maple. Tuning pins of iron. Exact compass unknown, but possibly GG to c3 (thirty-two strings).
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Bransle de la Torche, 1612
Composed by Michael Praetorius
Performed by Nancy Hurrell on a modern replica of this harp, made by Catherine Campbell, Port Townsend, WA, 2000