Tagelharpa Fir and Birch

480,00

Tagelharpa Fir and Birch - Natural
Tagelharpa – Bowed lyre

Tagelharpa with a structure made of thick, solid Fir, sounboard and backboard made of Birch plywood. Instrument with a vivid, clear and open sound, with a good volume balance between high and low frequencies

Description: for technical, construction features, to learn about the materials and the history of the lyra, continue reading below in Description sheet.

To order, for more information, to ask for audio files or estimates of shipping costs, customizations or different features, please send an email to: info@camillamargheritaferrari.it

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The instruments are made to order but to limit waiting times as much as possible, we try to have at least one model of each type under making, in a more or less advanced state. Waiting times can therefore vary, usually between 2 weeks and 6 months, depending on the state of the work, finishing and workload at the time of the order. The waiting time will be communicated in the response to the order (i.e. before confirming the order) or following your request by e-mail.

Since the instruments are handcrafted, the measures may slightly vary as well as the tones of color because of the different colors of wood, different from plant to plant, and the alteration due to photography and the type of display monitor.

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Description

Tagelharpa Fir and Birch: Features

The tagelharpa has a structure made of thick, solid fir, the backboard and the soundobard are made of Birch plywood, a stable ad realiable material over time. The bridge and the tailpiece are made of National Walnut and worked by hand as the pegs, made one by one, individually. The three strings are realized with black horsehair, in different composition per melodic string, high drone and bass drone.

The bow is made of walnut, finished as the instrument and it mounts blond horsehair.

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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