Book of beautiful, full-color photos of historic harps: Trois Siècles de Harpes.
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Any harpist or harpmaker will cherish this beautiful "coffee table" book of harps from the 18th to 20th centuries. This 2nd edition of Trois Siècles de Harpes (Three Centuries of Harpmaking) contains 96 pages, and 70 color photographs of full and detailed views of the superb craftsmanship of makers such as Naderman, Pleyel, Cousineau, Salvi, Lyon & Healy, Erard, and Egan. The Harp Collection was assembled by the Victor Salvi Foundation. Each instrument in the collection illustrates a unique historical or artistic facet in the evolution of the harp, and provides a fascinating, informative overview of this remarkable instrument. It includes chromatic harps, non-pedal harps, and single-action and double-action pedal harps. Informative text by renowned author and harp-historian, Roslyn Rensch-Erbes, with Italian, French and English translations, makes this book a true gem.
Examples of some of the included photos are shown below.
John Egan & Sons, Dublin 1820
Lyon & Healy, Chicago 1893
Jean-Henri Naderman, Paris, about 1783
Soundboard decoration on Lyon & Healy harp from about 1905. (Photos from the cover of this book.)
