Welsh harp
[Welsh a.]
A name specifically applied to the triple-strung harp; also called Welsh triple harp.
| a 1637 B. Jonson Masque, For Honour of Wales Wks. (1641) 33 Yow s'all heare the true Pritan straines now, the ancient Welse Harpe. a 1700 Evelyn Diary 13 June 1649, With him was one Carew, who play'd incomparably on the Welsh Harp. 1753 Scots Mag. May 215/1 A Welch-harp. 1876 Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms s.v. Harp, The triple or Welsh harp, with three rows of strings, two rows tuned diatonically in unisons or octaves, the third or inner row arranged to supply the accidentals, sharps or flats. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 489/2 The comparatively modern Welsh triple harp is always strung with gut. 1889 Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 443 Welsh Triple Harp. |