For the discriminating and budget-minded beginner, traveler, teacher, or student, the 26-string Ravenna fills many needs with its affordability, reliability, portability, and most importantly its rich and satisfying sound. Its innovative design and construction techniques (patent pending) allow us to incorporate more features than are usually found in harps in this price range. Dusty Strings’s characteristic bright, full sound; tuning stability; even tension across the strings; and meticulous craftsmanship make the Ravenna 26 a great value

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The Allegro 26 is a harp that is specially developed for the beginning harp player but it is also a perfect travel harp. Laminated birch is used for the soundboard. The neck, back, and sides are made of solid sapele. The use of solid wood gives this harps a clean and bright sound.  

The Allegro has 26 strings,  in 3 ½ octaves, reaching from the C below the central C to the G. 

A T-handle tuning wrench is included, as well as a set of straight-tapered detachable legs to raise the harp to a comfortable playing height.

The harp weighs about 6,3 kilo.

The Dusty Strings Ravenna 26 is a good-sounding compact harp with 26 strings. This harp has nylon and nylon/nylon wound strings. It has a beautiful sound for a harp of this size. This Ravenna 26 has Camac levers. The harp comes with a tuning key. You can purchase the following accessories separately with the harp: Extendable leg, leg set, transport cover and backpack straps. You can assemble the harp as you wish.

The Allegro is a beautiful 26-string harp, built from beautiful wood. As you would expect, the harp has a very nice sound. This harp has Camac levers. The harp comes with a leg set and tuning key. A transport cover can be purchased separately from the harp. Dusty Strings gives a 5 year warranty.

Rachel Hair - Mostly Scottish Harp Volume 1: Rachel Hair is one of one of Scotland's finest young players of the Clarsach, the traditional Harp. This is her first book and it features Scottish, Irish, Manx & original tunes arranged for Celtic Harp. There are 17 tunes ranging from lower-intermediate to advanced level. Including fingering suggestions. 28 pages.

Titles:
The Heights Of Cassino,

The strings in this scheme are numbered from the shortest string of your harp. Only with the bass strings the note is mentioned. All other strings are marked with the string thickness in inches.

If you are unsure what string you should order, please send us an email and ask for advice. You can also call or email to ask if we can supply the string.

The melody 'Looking at a Rainbow Through a Dirty Window' is already in high demand. Rachel Hair has made a beautiful arrangement of this beautiful melody. This book contains the original melody, plus a simple arrangement for harp and also an arrangement for advanced harpists.

After very successful studies in Glasgow, Rachel is praised as a Celtic Harp specialist, both as a composer and teacher. She is a highly sought after artist, with tours and performances in the US, Europe and beyond. After having released 4 critically acclaimed albums, this latest addition was recorded with her current musical partner Ron Jappy. Ron, originally a violin player, graduated from the Royal

Although the Isle of Man shares a Gaelic language and many other cultural influences with Scotland and Ireland, it has never had a tradition of harping. Rachel Hair had some pioneering to do when she started as a harp tutor on the island in 2011. She har arranged many Manx tunes for her students which she has learnt from collections both old and new and from local Manx musicians. This book

20 arrangements, from elementary – advanced from Scotland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Ireland and Rachel’s own compositions.

• The Last Captain
• Chyndaa yn Bwoailley
• Muineira do Chao
• Arrane ny Niee
• Cameron Donald’s
• Boscastle Breakdown
• Tune for Esme (from Tri album)
• Fhuair mi Nead na Gurra-gùig
• Ali Bobo
• Mo

Elementary-advanced level harp arrangements of original and traditional Celtic tunes, some of which are on the albums No More Wings, The Lucky Smile and Hubcaps and Potholes. 34 pages.

Fingering: The fingering in this music is the fingering I use when playing these tunes. Please try it, but if it doesn’t work for you, you don’t have to use it.
Dynamics: I have chosen not to include any

The FH26 harp is fully made of solid wood. That's gives the harp it's magnificent sound. The harp is suitable for beginners who like a well sounding harp, but also for advanced players who want an easy transportable model. It is made in four different kinds of wood, each with it's own specific sound: sapele, walnut, maple and bubinga. The FH26 has 26 strings, 3 ½ octaves, from the C below the middle C to G.  A firm harp case, leg set and tuning wrench are included.

 The harp wighs about 7 to 7,5 kilo, the transport case weighs 1,8 kilo.

The second volume of Claasagh. Harp arrangements of tradiotinal and new Manx tunes. Inspirational as a composer, performer and teacher, her arrangements have the uncanny ability to reveal the subtleties of Manx music for everyone, to shape a sense of something new and old at the same time.

Since the first volume of Claasagh was published, Manx traditional music has well and truly made its mark at festivals

This four-page tune really makes you feel like you're sailing! In the key of G with some syncopation, this is a series of short melodic and rhythmic motifs. Lower intermediate level. The very last note is a low G, other than that the piece can be played on a 26-string harp with C below middle C as the lowest note.

Contains both modern and traditional harmonies. All songs written in both the keys of C and G, so they can be played on either a C-C or G-G lap harp. These arrangements work well on the 26 string harp as well. 54 pgs.
Tunes include: Angel Hymn, Away in a Manger Medley, Cherry Tree Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good Christian Men, Good King Wenceslas, I Heard the Bells, I Wonder

A collection of hymn tunes popular in Protestant tradition, written specifically for 22 string lap harp. These may also be comfortably played on 26 string harp. There are no lever changes, and each song is written in both the key of C and G. Hymn words and some histories are included.  68 pgs.
Titles are: All Creatures of Our God and King, Amazing Grace, Christ the Lord is Risen