Since introducing my new twenty-three string, seven chord child size autoharps two months  ago, I received a lot of interest and positive comments. My goal was to produce a serious instrument for the young learner to play while growing into a standard, full size autoharp. I guess I wasn’t too surprised when several adults found them to be a good size as a travel instrument or for someone challenged by the size and weight of a more standard autoharp. At only eighteen inches long and weighing only four and one-half pounds, they are easy to hold and carry.

Keys of D and G with seven chords, C, G, D, A, and Am, Em, and Bm.

The prototype featured a diatonic tuning schedule and chords for the keys of C and F. These two major keys are ideal for much written music and for accompanying young voices. Several musicians have asked if I could make these little ‘harps in the keys of D and G, keys more useful for older voices and for playing with mountain dulcimers and fiddles. Greg Schreiber, who makes our autoharp strings, developed a stringing schedule for this higher tuning and shorter scale so I can now offer them in the keys of D and G.

Keys of C and F with seven chords, Bb, F, C, G, and Gm, Dm and Am.

More information can be found on the original April 24th posting below and in the “Autoharp features and prices” header page.