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NMM 1503. Arched harp, Belgian Congo, ca. 1900. Waisted, boat-shaped wood body tightly covered with hide. Two sound holes. Carved effigy head at the top of the curved, wood neck. Five pegs. Ex coll.: William E. Gribbon, Greenfield, Massachusetts. Purchase funds gift of Grace L. Beede, 1977. |
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NMM 5893. Arched harp (donnu) by Mangbetu people, Uele river region, Belgian Congo, ca. 1910-1920. Five strings. Wooden pegs, soundbox, and neck. Neck terminates in two carved heads. Hide-covered, waisted soundbox with six circular groups of nine small soundholes. Instrument decorated with twisted copper wire. Board of Trustees, 1995. |
Lit.: Margaret Downie Banks, "Anthropomorphic Harp a Link to Zaire's Colonial Past," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XXIII, No. 3 (January 1996), p. 5.
NMM 6021. Arched harp, Sub-Saharan Africa, ca. 1950. Five strings. Ivory pegs and neck terminate in carving of a female torso with arms surmounted by the head of a bird atop a circular pot. Curved wooden soundbox covered with reptile skin. Two circular soundholes. Gift of Jonah Knight, Vermillion, 1996.
NMM 4178. Arched harp, Cameroon, ca. 1987. Five strings. Wooden pegs and neck. Small, hide-covered soundbox with four round soundholes. Gift of Verna Syverson, St. Paul, 1987.
NMM 5050. Arched harp, Garoua, Cameroon, ca. 1988. Five strings. Wooden pegs and neck. Small soundbox covered with hide into which are cut four round soundholes. Gift of Verna Syverson, 1990.
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NMM 2375. Arched harp (saùng-gauk), Burma, 20th century. Sixteen silk strings attached to neck by red cotton tuning cords terminating in large tassels. Boat-shaped resonator with neck carved from a root. Neck terminates in highly decorated representation of Bo-tree leaf. Decorated with pieces of mica ("Mandalay pearls"), glass, gilt, red and black paint. Stand similarly decorated. Grace L. Beede Fund, 1978. |
Lit.: "Gallery IV Opens November 16!,"The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1978), p. 1.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, The Shrine to Music Museum Catalog of the Collections, Vol. II, André P. Larson, editor (Vermillion: 1982), p. 3.
Thomas E. Cross, Musical Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet in the Collections of The Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1983, p. 56, plate XXII.
Linda Simonson, "A Burmese Arched Harp (Saùng-gauk) and its Pervasive Buddhist Symbolism," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XIII (1987), pp. 39-64.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), pp. 28-29.
Ido Abravaya, "Musical Instruments," Music at First Sight II (Raanana: Open University of Israel, 2006), cover.
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NMM 3387. Harp, northern Italy, ca. 1550. Thirty strings, diatonic (no pitch indication). Back of shallow sound box carved in linen-fold pattern. Pillar carved in grooved pattern. High crown a 20th-century replacement. Height 141.8 cm. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. |
Lit.: André P. Larson, "Early Italian Plucked Stringed Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Lute Society of America Newsletter, Vol. XX, No. 1 (February 1985), p. 7.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 4.
NMM 5886. Triple harp (telyn), attributed to John Richards, Llanrwst, Wales, ca. 1750. Ninety-six strings (GG-g3) in three rows (36; 32; 28). Height 177 cm. Given in memory of Raymond John Lewis by Fanchion Robb Lewis, Granville, Ohio, 1995.
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NMM 10007. Harp by Jean Henri Naderman, Paris, 1797. Thirty-eight strings (FF-a3). Single-action pedal mechanism with crochettes. Carved and gilded; chinoiserie decoration and painted soundboard. Height 165.1 cm. Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann and Hubert H. Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 2001. |
Lit.: "Recent Acquisitions," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 3 (August 2001), p. 6.
André P. Larson, "Harp by Jean Henri Naderman, Paris, France, 1797," South Dakota Musician, 36, No. 3 (Spring 2002), cover and p. 25.
André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), pp. 14, 25, 64, and 88.
NMM 5776. Harp, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1800. Twenty-eight strings (no pitch indication). Height 148.9 cm. Arne B. Larson Estate, Vermillion, 1988.
NMM 4011. Harp by Erard Frères, Paris, ca. 1800. Serial no. 275. Forty-one strings (FF-d4). Single-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Height 164 cm. Originally sold to a General Charles Campbell. Gift of Robert E. McNair, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1986.
NMM 2733. Harp by Sebastian Erard, London, 18 Great Marlborough Street, ca. 1812. Serial no. 1495. Forty-three strings (EE-e4). Single-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Eighth notch for missing swell pedal. Grecian style decoration. Height 168.1 cm. Originally sold to W. G. Percivall, St. James' Street, Bath. Played by Jess W. Norris in the Voegeli Orchestra in Beresford, South Dakota, and the Norris Harp Orchestra in Elk Point and Yankton, South Dakota, ca. 1903-30. Ex coll.: University Museum, Vermillion. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 55.
NMM 5904. Harp by John Charles Schwieso, London, after 1826. Serial no. 558. Forty-four strings (EE-f4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes, swell pedal. Grecian style ornamentation. Height 171 cm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.
NMM 1218. Harp by Sebastian Erard, London, 18 Great Marlborough Street, 1831. Serial no. 4458. Forty-three strings (EE- e4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Eighth notch for missing swell pedal. Grecian style decoration. Height 164 cm. Originally built for Marcus Crosbie, Esq., 78 Great Titchfield Street, London, October 28, 1831. Ex coll.: Mrs. Charles L. Von Berg, LeMars, Iowa. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 1221. Harp by J. F. Browne and Co., London, and 295 Broadway, New York, 1848-56. Serial no. 2982. Forty-five strings (DD-f4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes, swell pedal. Height 173.3 cm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 3759. Harp, England, ca. 1850-1900. Thirty-three strings, diatonic (no pitch indication). Shape and style of pedal harp, including gold paint to simulate metal reinforcements. Leather sheath at midpoint of pillar may have been a carrying handle. Height 107.2 cm. Ex colls.: J. R. Miller, Bristol, England; Mrs. Charles L. Von Berg, LeMars, Iowa. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 4149. Harp by Browne and Buckwell, New York, New York, ca. 1873-1878. Forty-four strings (EE-f4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Height 173 cm. Gift of Marian Rognsvoorg, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 1987.
NMM 3758. Harp by Sweetland, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1880-1900. Sweetland Style 21, serial number 754. Forty-five strings (DD-f4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Height 173 cm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5728. Double chromatic harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, New York, ca. 1895. Seventy-four strings; forty-three on neck to player's left; thirty-one on neck to player's right (FF-f4). Height 165.6 cm. Purchase funds gift of Carole and Bruce Stavens, Sioux City, Iowa, 1994.
Lit.: "1994 Acquisitions Include Rare Pianos, Harp, Woodwinds," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XXII, no. 2 (January 1995), p. 2.
André P. Larson, "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway," South Dakota Musician, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Spring 1995), p. 28.
NMM 4923. Harp by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, Illinois, before 1897. Serial no. 282. Model 22. Forty-five strings (DD-f4). Double-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Patented "enlarged" soundboard. Height 178 cm. Original owner, Marjorie Shanafeld, Lincoln, Nebraska, teacher of Grace L. Beede. Gift of Grace L. Beede Estate, Vermillion, 1990.
NMM 5905. Harp by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1906. Serial no. 375. Style 11. Forty-two strings (EE-d4). Single-action pedal mechanism with fourchettes. Height 163.8 cm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5777. Harp by Clark Harp Manufacturing Company, Syracuse, New York, ca. 1913. Irish style. Junior model 636. Twenty-six strings (e-b3). Lever action. Height 76.5 cm. Original owner, Annadell Morgan (1887-1947), Vermillion. Gift of Cynthia Chaney, Wessington Springs, South Dakota, 1994.
Lit.: "Irish Harp Preserves Slice of South Dakota History," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XXII, No. 1 (October 1994), pp. 6-7.
NMM 3512. Harp by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1962-68. Troubadour model, serial number 627. Thirty-two strings (C-f3). Hook mechanism rotated sideways by hand to raise pitch one-half step. Height 161 cm. Gift of Wanda Mehlhaff, Walnut Grove, Minnesota, 1984.
NMM 2701. Harp by Steve Wyatt, Arizona, 1974. Modelled after harp in Bosch's painting, "Garden of Delights." Twenty-four strings (C-e2), diatonic. Height 138.3 cm. Gift of Stephen L. Pearson, Chicago, 1980.
