Concert Harp

Forty-seven strings and seven pedals — an instrument whose feet do as much modulating as its hands.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Érard’s double-action pedals of 1810 gave each string three pitches and the harp all keys.
• Seven pedals, one per note name, are worked continuously by the feet mid-performance.
• Debussy and Ravel wrote it into impressionism’s sound; its glissando is orchestral shorthand for magic.

Specifications & Metrics

• FAMILY: Plucked string
• RANGE: C♭1 – G♯7 (47 strings)