It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument and its unique, resonant sound. The modern concert ...

Detroit Harmony is working to get instruments in the hands of every Detroit kid who needs them — even the niche, unwieldy ...

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.

But I sometimes wonder what possesses people to take up the modern orchestral harp, which is a different beast altogether. These massive instruments, also known as pedal harps or concert harps ...

34, Book 1, by Bochsa Two contrasting works: one Classical and one by a 20th-Century composer, such as an etude from “Bach-Grandjany Etudes for Harp” and “Natra Sonatine” Two orchestral excerpts, ...

Damien Crutcher, left, managing director of Detroit Harmony and Erik Rönmark, president and CEO of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at ... move to the full-sized pedal harp, Crutcher said Detroit ...