{"id":91,"date":"2022-08-26T20:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:02:10","slug":"single-course-harps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/single-course-harps\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Folk Harps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Songbird Harp<\/strong><\/em> – 36 strings, 5 octaves with full levers<\/h3>

Blessley Instruments<\/em>‘ most popular model!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>

Height:\u00a0 56 inches, Weight: 22-25 pounds depending upon wood choice.<\/p>

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This Songbird<\/strong><\/em> Harp is made of cherry and has a hand-rubbed oil finish.\u00a0 A hand-rubbed water resistant finish is also available and comes standard on all harps unless otherwise requested.<\/p>

The Songbird<\/strong><\/em> harp can be made in cherry, black walnut, maple, mahogany\u00a0 and other hardwoods as available from our supplier.\u00a0 Be sure to call us (360-600-8477) to inquire about having a custom harp built for you!\u00a0 You can hear Valerie Blessley happily playing this harp on her CDs, Northern Light, Wind and Wood, Merry & Bright, and Crossroads.<\/p>

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The Lyrica Harp<\/strong><\/em> – 36 strings, stave backed, 5 octaves with full levers<\/h3>

Height:\u00a0 56 inches, Weight: 18-25 pounds depending upon wood choice.<\/p>

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This Lyrica<\/strong><\/em> Harp is made of mahogany and has a hand-rubbed oil finish.\u00a0 \u00a0A hand-rubbed water resistant finish is also available and comes standard on all harps unless otherwise requested.\u00a0 You can hear Jennifer Pratt-Walter elegantly playing this harp on her CD, “Ancient Realms.”<\/p>

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The Rhapsody Harp<\/strong><\/em> – 29 or 30 strings with full levers<\/h3>

Height:\u00a0 46 inches, Weight: 16-20 pounds depending upon wood choice.<\/p>

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The Rhapsody<\/strong><\/em> harp is available with 29 or 30 strings in two string ranges! The one pictured is 30 strings, made of Birdseye and Broadleaf Maple (the color in the pictures don’t do it justice). It can be ordered with a G1-G4 string configuration in the 29 string version, and F1-G4 in the 30 string version.\u00a0 Call 360-910-1112<\/strong> to discuss this model with Mark.<\/p>

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The Rhapsody<\/strong><\/em> harp normally does come with feet as the 29-string pictured in this photo with 4 Songbird<\/strong><\/em> harps.<\/p>

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This harp is pictured on a Blessley Instruments low harp stand, and purposely does not have feet so it can be played on a “Smart Stand<\/em>,” a patented design invented by Laurie Riley.\u00a0 www.harpstand.com<\/a><\/p>

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In the photos below, the Rhapsody<\/strong> harp is mounted on a Smart Stand.\u00a0 It exceeds the weight limit of 13 pounds for the harp, <\/em>which would void the warrantee for the Smart Stand.\u00a0 However, Mark is working with Laurie Riley to develop a heavy duty stand that holds more weight.\u00a0 \u00a0All Smart Stand designs are patented and may not be copied.<\/p>

This Smart S<\/em>tand<\/em> is a prototype in testing, to determine if it can support the weight of the Rhapsody, which it has been doing for many months!\u00a0 The harp and Smart Stand<\/em> have traveled to many locations in the Pacific Northwest, and has even been played under the trees in a campground!<\/p>

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All Blessley Instruments harps can be built in a variety of hardwoods, including cherry, maple, walnut, and mahogany. Soundboards are made of solid “Steinway Grade” Sitka spruce.\u00a0 Contact us at 360-910-1112 (Mark) or 360-600-8477 (Valerie) to inquire about the availability of exotic hardwoods such as bubinga or purpleheart. Extra cost options include: recurve pedestal, clavicle cut out, and variable feet height to suit your needs.<\/em><\/strong><\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Songbird Harp – 36 strings, 5 octaves with full levers Blessley Instruments‘ most popular model!\u00a0 Height:\u00a0 56 inches, Weight: 22-25 pounds depending upon wood choice. This Songbird Harp is made of cherry and has a hand-rubbed oil finish.\u00a0 A hand-rubbed water resistant finish is also available and comes standard on all harps unless otherwise […]<\/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":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","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":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","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":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","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":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","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=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}