Antiquity Music presents the extraordinarily beautiful Wheelharp at NAMM
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Jon Jones & Sons and Antiquity Music have debuted an intriguing vintage-looking new instrument called the Wheelharp at NAMM
The left pedal activates and controls Wheelharp's full damper system, and the speed of the motor that turns the wheel is controlled via the right pedal
At the press of a key, the instrument's patent-pending action moves the respective string toward a rotating, rosin-edged wheel spinning inside the barrel of the Wheelharp
The 49-key radial keyboard of the Wheelharp spans five octaves
The Wheelharp is available with a linear keyboard
The Wheelharp has a beautiful Victorian period-look oak body with rosette appointments, a laminated maple pinblock and a cast aluminum pulley
Each version of the Wheelharp will be available in three different octave ranges, a 37-string, 3-octave version, a 4-octave unit with 49 strings, and a model that spans five octaves and has 61 strings
Article Summary
As Jon Jones was regulating his hurdy gurdy back in 2001, he began toying with the idea of creating a mechanically-bowed instrument with a full-scale chromatic keyboard. He went on to build two working models before hooking up with Antiquity Music's founder Mitchell Manger to work on improving the design. After a few more revisions, a stunning pre-production Wheelharp was premiered at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim (CA) last week.
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