Pressing a pedal moves a rod inside of the harp’s column. The rods are what make a harp weigh so much, nearly all the weight is in the column. That is also the source of problems for the harp. One of ...

Pedal harps can cost $70,000 — far more than lever harps, which cost $2,000 to $9,000. At first glance, a pedal harp looks like a simple frame with a row of strings. But there are complicated ...

Playing a harp can be an expensive hobby — a high-end instrument can cost as much as a car. A budget model, however, might not hold its tuning very well, which can make for a frustrating playing ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Pedal harps can cost $70,000 — far more than lever harps, which cost $2,000 to $9,000. At first glance, a pedal harp looks like a simple frame with a row of strings.

What do you think of when you think of harp music? Probably little angels playing them while sitting on white fluffy clouds. Or maybe musicians in powdered wigs, in the old-timey court of some royal.

Some songs just don’t translate well to the harp, Karen Stowe says, and in the case of the iconic Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, she doesn’t like it enough to improvise. If she gets a request for it, she’ll ...