{"id":12,"date":"2022-08-26T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:42:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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These are Orion, Songbird, and Rhapsody model harps.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Blessley Instruments is best known for their custom Celtic and Cross-strung Harps, built in Vancouver, WA.   For the Blessleys, instrument building has evolved from making only square backed harps to making stave backed harps, the specialty of custom designed cross-strung harps of five octaves, and their newest creations,  Finnish kanteles – the Finnish National Instrument – a member of the zither family, that sounds much like a wire strung harp.  <\/span><\/p>\n

We are now distributors for K&K Sound Systems’ pickups and accessories!  We can order custom systems and install them for you on your harps, kanteles and other folk instruments.  Call for more information.  <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Various harpers, both famous and non-professional, have said that Blessley harps have “excellent voice throughout the full range.” We encourage you to listen and compare.  Sound sample links are located on the harp models pages. 
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Blessley Instruments produces only a few of their custom crafted harps per year, the average being 1-3 instruments. Most are made-to-order for individual harpers.  Kanteles can be made more quickly due to their size.
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They’d love to talk to you about your dream harp when you’re ready for a Blessley Instrument. <\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Mark or Valerie Blessley  at (360) 600-8477 or email drblessley@gmail.com<\/a> or valerie.blessley@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mailing Address:  10013 NE Hazel Dell Ave. #148, Vancouver, WA, USA 98685 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Celtic Folk Harps<\/a><\/h3>

Blessley Instruments will create a custom harp for you with 36, 30 or 29 strings!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cross-strung harps!<\/a><\/h3>

See the models preferred by professional cross-strung harpists. 4 and 5 octave models can be custom made according to your needs. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We Make Finnish Kanteles.<\/a><\/h3>

Blessley Instruments makes several models of the Kantele - the Finnish national instrument.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are Orion, Songbird, and Rhapsody model harps. Blessley Instruments is best known for their custom Celtic and Cross-strung Harps, built in Vancouver, WA.   For the Blessleys, instrument building has evolved from making only square backed harps to making stave backed harps, the specialty of custom designed cross-strung harps of five octaves, and their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":109,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}