The Bunworth harp

Made in 1734 by John Kelly, for Rev. Charles Bunworth.

On display at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA. View a photo and description at the MFA website.

"High Headed" design;
36 strings, longest 112cm

This harp was at one stage in the collection of the English musicologist Frances Galpin. It is now the only historical Gaelic harp kept outside of Britain and Ireland. Charles Bunworth was a gentleman harper who collected a number of old harps. Sadly, with the exception of this his personal instrument, they were all destroyed on his death

References

Simon Chadwick