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HARPS [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-05-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- String Instruments
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- frame harp
1, record 1, English, frame%20harp
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- pillar harp 2, record 1, English, pillar%20harp
correct
- closed harp 3, record 1, English, closed%20harp
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Harps first appeared around 3000 B. C. [before Christ] in Mesopotamia and Iran. They were arched harps, probably developed from hunter's bows, and the body was made of one piece of wood. A thousand years, later, around 2000 B. C., a new type was conceived when two pieces of wood were joined at right angle, one drilled into the other. The result was the angular harp... Harp designers waited millennia before taking the next logical step : connecting the two extreme ends of the angular harp with a long rigid pillar. When they did,..., it became the frame harp(also known as the "pillar harp"), a more rigid structure that allows higher string tension and more strings. 2, record 1, English, - frame%20harp
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Instruments de musique à cordes
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- harpe à cadre
1, record 1, French, harpe%20%C3%A0%20cadre
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2024-05-31
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- String Instruments
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- arched harp
1, record 2, English, arched%20harp
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- bow harp 2, record 2, English, bow%20harp
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Bow or arched harps are those instruments built with an arched neck; then they have their strings attached on tuning pegs that run from the neck to the resonators. 3, record 2, English, - arched%20harp
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Instruments de musique à cordes
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- harpe arquée
1, record 2, French, harpe%20arqu%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La harpe arquée est un instrument de musique dans lequel le manche, issu de la caisse de résonance, adopte une forme arquée. 1, record 2, French, - harpe%20arqu%C3%A9e
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2024-05-31
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- String Instruments
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- angular harp
1, record 3, English, angular%20harp
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- angle harp 2, record 3, English, angle%20harp
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Harps first appeared around 3000 B. C. [before Christ] in Mesopotamia and Iran. They were arched harps, probably developed from hunter's bows, and the body was made of one piece of wood. A thousand years, later, around 2000 B. C., a new type was conceived when two pieces of wood were joined at right angle, one drilled into the other. The result was the angular harp... 3, record 3, English, - angular%20harp
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Instruments de musique à cordes
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- harpe angulaire
1, record 3, French, harpe%20angulaire
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1975-03-11
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Keyboard Instruments
- Music (General)
- String Instruments
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- tuning-key 1, record 4, English, tuning%2Dkey
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- tuning-lever 1, record 4, English, tuning%2Dlever
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A key used for turning the wrest-pins in tuning a stringed instrument, as a piano or harps. 1, record 4, English, - tuning%2Dkey
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Instruments de musique à clavier
- Musique (Généralités)
- Instruments de musique à cordes
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- accordoir
1, record 4, French, accordoir
masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- clef d'accordeur 2, record 4, French, clef%20d%27accordeur
feminine noun
- clef d'accordage 3, record 4, French, clef%20d%27accordage
feminine noun
- clé d'accordeur 4, record 4, French, cl%C3%A9%20d%27accordeur
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Clef carrée servant aux accordeurs pour tourner les chevilles des cordes des instruments. 1, record 4, French, - accordoir
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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