Aeolian harp

Aeolian harp (Fr.: harpe d'Éole; Ger.: Äolsharfe; It.: arpa d'Eolo), box zither strung with gut strings of identical length and pitch but of different thicknesses. Usually the box is some 1½ m. (5 ft.) long, provided with soundholes and a dozen strings or so that pass over 2 bridges between hitch pins and tuning pins. The strings are set in vibration by the action of the wind, sounding in chords because of their different thicknesses. The box is usually placed in a window or suspended elsewhere…