Aeolian harp (redirected from Aeolsharfe)

Aeolian harp

n.

An instrument consisting of an open box over which are stretched strings that sound when the wind passes over them. Also called wind harp.

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[From Aeolian, relating to Aeolus, god of the winds.]

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aeolian harp

n

(Music / Instruments) a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the strings Also called wind harp

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aeolian harp - a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them aeolian lyre, wind harp harp - a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers