Harp lute

Harp lute (Fr.: harpe-luth; Ger.: Harfenlaute), 1. chordophone in which the plane of the strings is at right angles to the belly; the strings pass over a notched, vertical bridge. Found only in W. Africa. See also: bolon, dunsi-koni, gingiru, kasso, khalam, konimesin, kora, kunting, o'rdu, sanku, sarong, seron; 2. instr. invented by Edward Light of London in the first years of the 19th c., successor to his *harp lute guitar. The new instr. was characterized by a greater number of strings…