Harps 25: Pedal Harp (of Catrin Finch)

            20th July 2023 at Cecil Sharp House (Kennedy Hall), London NW1 (Catrin Finch & Cimarron gig).

The Pedal (or Concert) Harp is a relatively modern development. The pedals are operated by the feet and allow chromatic alterations and key changes. Pedal Harps are larger than most other varieties of harp. They are most frequently played in Classical Music, although some Folk performers use a Pedal Harp rather than a Lever one.
The instrument in the photo was made in 1811 which makes it one of the first double action pedal harps. Before1810 pedal harps were single action. Depressing the pedals turned discs which via brass prongs (or forks)  sharpened the strings a semitone. Then a new system was patented patented in which the seven pedals could be depressed twice and each string passed through two pronged discs instead of just one. Depressed to the first notch sharpened a semitone,and depressed again into a lower notch sharpened another semitone.

Pedal Harps are assigned the number 322-322 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
322 = Instruments where the plane of the strings lies perpendicular to the resonator's surface.
322.2 = Frame Harp. The harp has a pillar.
322.22 = with tuning action.
322.222 = with pedal action.

   

Taken in: UK / England / Camden / Camden Town with Primrose Hill (show map)

Taken on: July 20, 2023

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