Ancient Walnut Tagelharpa – Fir and Birch

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Tagelharpa Fir and Birch - Ancient Walnut
Tagelharpa – Bowed lyre

Tagelharpa with a structure made of thick, solid Fir, sounboard and backboard made of Birch plywood. Mordant stained, with tailpiece, bridge and pegs made of walnut. Instrument with an open, vivid and full sound, slightly brighter than the Black model, 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

Ancient Walnut Tagelharpa – Fir and Birch: Features

The tagelharpa has a thick solid fir structure, the back and soundboard are made of birch plywood, a stable and reliable material over time. The bridge and the tailpiece are made of National Walnut, worked by hand as well as the pegs, built one by one individually. The tagelharpa is finished with oil, as well as tailpiece, bridge and pegs. The three strings are made of black horsehair.

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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