The Queen mary harp

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Queen Mary harp

Illustration (reversed) and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. Other dimensions from Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud), 1992.
Sale date and price from Hugh Cheape, Bagpipes, NMS 2008, p. 13

 

 

Inscriptions

 1. John Gunn, An Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands of Scotland..., Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London, 1807, p.22
Some information about reproducing the labels on a replica harp is on my news blog.

 2. Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud), Kinmor, Temple, 1992, p.61

 3. John-Paul Patton, The Poet’s Ogam, Lulu 2010, p.125-7

 

 

© Simon Chadwick 2010 - part of the history of the Gaelic harp, at earlygaelicharp.info