An curved arrow pointing right. Pedal harps can cost $70,000 — far more than lever harps, which cost $2,000 to $9,000. At first glance, a pedal harp looks like a simple frame with a row of strings.

The baby harps were provided to the students for free by Detroit Harmony, and when it is time to move to the full-sized pedal harp, Crutcher said Detroit Harmony will sort them out, too.

The modern concert pedal harp is very different to the stringed instrument used to accompany Irish folk music, or the first versions of it found in 2500 BC. It is more powerful and richer in tone, ...

Harps are notoriously expensive instruments because of the amount of high-quality materials and craftsmanship required to make them. Pedal harps, the ones you see in orchestras, can cost upwards ...

The triple harp is different from the more conventional harp as it has three sets of strings and no pedals. It originated in Italy around 1600, but owing to its popularity in Wales by the end of ...