Welsh triple harp

Welsh triple harp an early-17th-c. Welsh contribution toward the creation of a chromatic harp. Its 3 rows of strings generally totaled 98; the outer rows were tuned diatonically: 37 strings for the right hand (bass) and 27 for the left hand (treble), with the inner row of 34 strings supplying the accidentals (153). Peale, I. C. Welsh Musical Instruments, in Man, Vol. 47. London, February 1947.