Friday, March 6, 2020

Why is a harp shaped the way it is?

A triangular- shaped harp, without the curve in the upper frame, gives only a linear growth in string length, not an exponential one. So the curvature in the frame changes, and the type of string has to change too, to keep the frequency dropping exponentially and so allow more octaves.

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