Snowy,

The smallest is a 25 string lap harp. Most people would call it a celtic harp. It has a set of levers at the top of the strings that you flip to create sharps and flats. It has a very high pitched bell like tone.

The middle harp is also a lever harp, but it's a floor harp. It again has lever's on the top to set sharps and flats. It has 38 strings so more bass and has a much deeper mellower sound.

The big harp is a concert grande pedal harp. It's the biggest harp you can get with 47 strings. Instead of having levers at the top, it has 7 pedals that you use to play sharps and flats. This is the type of harp you'd see played in an orchestra. It is much louder and more resonant than my other two harps, and has very clear bell like treble ocataves with a very warm rich mellow bass. Because it has pedals rather than levers it gives me much more flexibility in playing music with accidentals, which you really need for most classical music.

All three harps are maple with spruce soundboards. The middle harp, my Prelude has simply been stained to a mahogany colour, where as the other two are simply natural.

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