Arianna
BAROQUE TRIPLE HARP
in the style of the 17th century
Created by Rainer M. Thurau
Harpist Marie Nishiyama, Tokyo/JAPAN:
„ I am very happy about my new triple harp “Arianna”!!!!! The sound is perfect!!!!! Brilliant and powerful, responses well, marvelous! How do you manage to create such a fantastic sound, even though it is such a small triple harp?! “
Arianna decorated
| Tonal range | C – d‘‘‘ Left Row: C – g” Middle Row: FIS- cis‘‘‘ Right Row: c – d‘‘‘ |
| Pitch | 440 hz on request 415 – 465 hz |
| Stringing | Carbon (Treble) Gut Bass: C – F Catsteel (on request only) |
| Acoustical Characteristics | Even with the ‘medium’ size of this baroque harp, it has a brilliant, very clear and well-balanced Baroque sound with silvery highs and an exceptionally powerful warm bass |
| String spacing | Model ARIANNA: narrow string spacing for early playing techniques Model DOMENICA: ‚modern’ string spacing for modern playing techniques |
| Weight | 9,6 Kg |
| Height | 1,54 m |
| Wood | Ahorn, gefärbt , zusätzliche Hölzer (Kirsche etc.) |
| Decoration | Standard: 1. Scroll at top of pillar 2. 4 rosets at soundboard 3. Profils at front of pillar 4. Pedestal curved in baroque styl 5. Ornamental borders at the edges of the soundboard |
| Decoration on request |
– Small scrolls at shoulder |
| Accessories | – Small scrolls at shoulder – Early paintings on sounboard – complete ornamented front of pillar in gold on black wood – Gilding of the rosets and other parts of the harp – Other colouring of the wood on request |
| Accessory | On request: Upholstered softcase, Flight case |
| Price | on request |