Harp: Brief Description — VSL

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“Classification 
Composite chordophone (stringed instrument), plucked instrument

Soundbox
Approx. 145 cm long, maple; flat soundboard, five sound holes on the underside.

Neck
Curved, made of maple

Head with crown
Material: Wood or metal; joins the pillar to the neck

Pillar
Approx. 183 cm high, maple, hollow, contains the rod mechanism (connecting wires for altering string pitch)

Strings
47 strings made of gut, steel, copper, nylon; tuned diatonically in Cb major. Cb strings are colored red, Fb strings blue. Longest string: 150 cm, shortest: 7 cm; string tension 700–1400 kgf

Foot and pedal box
Maple, contains 7 pedals

Weight
Approx. 35 kg

Tuning
Approx. equal temperament.”

https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Harp/Brief_Description/

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