There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The harp has existed for hundreds of years and was played in ...

Fast forward ten years, and the double-action pedal harp was patented. This harp had seven pedals, which could be depressed twice and each string passed through two pronged discs. It was then that the ...

At first glance, a pedal harp looks like a simple frame with a row of strings. But there are complicated mechanisms inside that musicians use to change notes. At Camac Harps in France, every harp ...