Description: Bell Harp and Hurdy-Gurdy Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 Print Specifics: Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique printYear of printing: 1888 Publisher: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches, (27.5 x 38 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 1 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. This is a large print, requiring extra protective boards, thus increasing the weight and the resulting postage. Original Narrative: The Bell Harp here drawn belongs to Miss E. A. Willmott of Warley Place, Essex, as well as the Hurdy-Gurdy beneath it in the same Plate. It has four roses and fourteen notes of brass strings of four unisons to each . The extreme length of the sides is 21 inches ; the breadth at the top is 6ğ inches, and at the bottom , 131 inches. Simcock constructed bell harps with more notes, occasionally of three unisons to each , excepting the deepest note , which was one string only, spun over with wire. The bell harp, like the zither, is sounded with a plectrum on each thumb, and the performer, while twanging the strings rapidly, holds the harp by wooden projections from the sides of the frame, and swings it upwards and downwards, to which action Grassineau (Musical Dictionary, London, 1740) attributes the name. Hurdy-Gurdy: The sound is produced by the vibration of the strings, maintained by the friction of a wheel with which they are brought into contact , the function of the rotary movement being analogous to that of the fiddler's bow, the wheel being also prepared , like the bow, with rosin . Sympathetic strings are not unfrequently attached . Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.
Price: 35 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Print
Listed By: Martin2001
Year of Production: 1888
Signed: Unsigned
Theme: History, Music, Instruments
Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches, (27.5 x 38 cm)
Production Technique: Lithography
Subject: Musical Instruments
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
