Persian Harp

After an illustration in the”Book of Games” of Alfonso X el Sabio (1283)

7th. century / 13th century

Reconstruction by Rainer M. Thurau on behalf of the museum of the “Institute for the History of Islamic-Arabic Sciences” in Frankfurt, Germany, using a description of the building from a Persian script from the 13th century.

Only original materials were used:

• Body: Wood of the apricot tree (import from Turkey)
  
• Soundboard: Goat’s skin 
• Stringbar: Wood of the walnut tree
  
• Strings: Strings of braided silk (import from China)