Description
Kit tagelharpa
Kit to build your own tagelharpa yourself, customizing it to your liking. The Tagelharpa, being predominantly in fir and birch, can be finished either in neutral or black or dark walnut or other colors. The accessory parts (bridge, tailpiece, bow, etc.) are in national walnut.
History
The Tagelharpa (also called Talharpa) is a bowed lyre orgined in northern Europe. It spread widely in Scandinavia after the Viking age and is still used in some of the northern territories (of particular importance the tradition of the Estonian islands). Its existence in medieval Scandinavia is witnessed by artistic and archaeological sources, such as the wall painting in Røldal (XII-XIII century) and the sculpture of Trondheim Cathedral (XIV century). Also widely spread its close Finnish relative, the Jouhikko.
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