A New Wooden Harp

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 27, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 45.

A New Wooden Harp

Two Frenchmen have invented a new kind of harp, made entirely of wood. Instead of strings, the inventors use strong strips of American fir. The sound is produced, as in the ordinary harp, by the contact of the fingers; but the player wears leather gloves covered with resin. The tone of the instrument is said to be of remarkable purity.