Practical Reproduction of a Typical Viking Tagelharpa, Found at Various Sites Around Northern Europe.
Also called a Talharpa, or bowed lyre, it is played using a bow and has strings tuned to G,D,A,E, with 4 steel strings to give it a bassy sound.
- Entirely handmade from alder wood with birch wood top and pegs and stained with natural oils.
- Length: 50cm (19.7 inch). Width at widest point: 18cm (7.1 inch). Depth: 4cm (1.6 inch).
- Weight approx: 545g (1.2 lb).
- Complete with hand-carved wooden tuning fork and ash bow with horsehair.
- Please note this listing is for one tagelharp, the main image just shows the 2 different colours we have.