Æolian Harp

ÆOLIAN HARP. (Fr. La Harpe Æotienne; Ital. Arpa d'Eolo; Ger. Aeolsharfe Windharfe.) The name is from Aeolus the god of the wind. The instrument, of which the inventor is unknown, would appear to owe its origin to the monochord, a string stretched upon two bridges over a soundboard. The string happening to be at a low tension and exposed to a current of air would divide into various aliquot parts according to the varying strength of the current, and thus...