For instance in The Grey King, the strumming of the strings, even lacking a melody, has enormous power. In fantasy, the very sound of the harp seems to be the magical component (as opposed to the harpist’s ability to play being the magical component). It will, however, fit into most car trunks. The unfortunate side effect is that a harp of 32 strings or more cannot be easily slung over the shoulder, or stored on the back of a saddle. Due to the fact that harps are often treated as solo instruments now days, as opposed to accompaniment for singing, a larger range is more popular I prefer something with at least 32 strings so that I can get some bass. Companies like Lyon and Healy Harp Makers or Salvi make the more commonly accepted forms, but many a woodworker has made a harp in his garage. Harps in the real world are not standardized in the same way as violins or saxophones. Other books describe the harpers as ‘cradling’ the harp in their arms, or even holding it in one hand while playing with the other. Edith Pattou includes a country harper in her young adult novel Hero’s Song whose harp is, again, wrapped in a leather covering. Draped yes, wrapped no: so Tolkien must have envisioned something quite a bit smaller, especially when contrasted with a dwarf. (For a discussion on that harp’s fate, see “ Of Harps And Hobbits“.) My pedal harp, or even my folk harp for that matter, could not be “wrapped” in a green cloth. For example, in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Thorin owns a “beautiful golden harp” wrapped in a green cloth.
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Forcibly these tales feature smaller, portable instruments. The Journey is a major theme that dominates the plot line of many fantastic novels. Harps in fantasy novels tend to be small. Let’s play ‘compare and contrast’ and examine harps in fantasy fiction versus harps in the real world. Nor will your harp (I’m fairly sure) be able to stave off evil sorcerers, invading conquerors, or heartache.
Most people wouldn’t find themselves even capable of tuning it properly. If you were to take a harp (any harp) on a journey, say, by horseback, you would not unwrap your instrument come evening to find every string perfectly in tune. If you were to try stealing my harp, it would not cry out, “Stop thief!” It would, however, require two people to get it down my front steps. Let me take this opportunity to disabuse you of a few notions.
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