Spitzharfe

A spitzharfe (or arpanetta) is a musical string instrument popular in Italy and Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Up to 90 centimetres tall, it is designed to be placed on a table, and consists of two sets of strings - steel strings to produce the melody and brass strings for the accompaniment. It is played by plucking with fingers, in a manner similar to the harp.

References

1 2 3 Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press.
1 2 Baines, Anthony (1992). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-311334-3.

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[Harvard-1] 1 2 3 Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press.

[Baines-2] 1 2 Baines, Anthony (1992). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-311334-3.