Do You Hear What I Hear?

 

This recently completed autoharp arrived in Alaska just in time for Christmas. Before shipping, Marsha arranged a short, impromptu, Christmas medley to demonstrate this beautiful custom instrument. You can hear it here:

http://tinyurl.com/zk9anjbh

 

 

This thirty-seven string, fifteen chord diatonic autoharp plays in the keys of G and D. The Sitka spruceĀ  soundboard features a weeping heart sound hole and curly maple bridges. Walnut trims the sides, chord bar buttons, and tailpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

The fifteen maple chord bars are arranged in a custom, three row layout.

 

 

 

 

Added options are Daigle fine tuners and a Schreiber electromagnetic pickup.