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The Early Pedal Harp
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The King v. Godfrey and others: harp fraud in early 19th century London
The late-Georgian harp was an expensive and desirable object. Priced for the wealthy classes and aristocracy, ownership was status...
Mike Baldwin
Mar 2, 201910 min read
King George IV’s harps, their strings, and transportation (1820-26)
The recent publication of Georgian Papers Online (http://gpp.rct.uk, January 2018) has eased the study of the British Privy Purse...
Lewis Jones
Mar 1, 20198 min read
Auctioning Francis Tatton Latour’s Erard harp in Finsbury, London, in 1827
In Pedal harps in London music auctions of the 1820s (6 February 2019) I summarised and discussed sales of harps, two of which were at...
Lewis Jones
Feb 28, 201912 min read
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