Waring Cardboard Harp Kit

by Waring

Product Features

• Harp building kit is intended for use by high-schoolers or adults.
• The only additional items necessary for assembling the harp are glue and a screwdriver.
• 19 strings begin with G below middle C, and are easy to tune to any scale or mode.
• If the soundbox becomes damaged, a replacement can be ordered from the manufacturer.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 27 x 19 x 10 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• ASIN: B0002K1TEO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,049 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

You will find your finished harp easy to transport and store due to its size and light weight. It will sound as good as many all-wood harps, and it costs a fraction of the price of equivalent wood harps. The soundbox is die-cut in one piece from 3-ply corrugated cardboard. Fold it along the pre-creased lines into its final shape to make an extremeley durable soundbox. If painted it is resistant even to rain. Each kit includes: clear, step-by-step instructions; 3-piece hardwood frame and bridge; corrugated cardboard soundbox; screws & clamping bands; 1 full set of color-coded nylon harp strings; zither pins and tuning wrench. Dimensions when assembled: 26.5" tall; 4.5" across at the top; 10.5" across at the bottom; 19" from the front (top) of the forepillar to the back (top) of the soundbox. A note on harp tuning: new harps will continually drop in pitch for a while. It takes time for the string knot to fully tighten and for the strings to fully stretch. You will get more adept at tuning the harp the more you do it.