List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 322.221

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.221 under that system. These instruments are board zithers that use slats as resonators.

3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)
322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)
322.22: Instrument has tuning action
322.221: Instrument can be tuned with hand levers

These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.

List

Instrument Tradition Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description
clárseach[1][2]
cláirsach (Scottish), cruit
Ireland 322.221 Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar

References

Notes

  1. "News". The Historical Harp Society of Ireland. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The (Historical Harp Society of Ireland) was founded in 2002 to promote Ireland’s forgotten national instrument, the wire-strung cláirseach: the historical harp of Ireland and the country’s national emblem.
  2. Patterson, Annie W. (July 1920). "The Folk-Music of Ireland: Its Past, Present, and Future Aspects" (PDF). The Musical Quarterly. 6 (3): 455467. doi:10.1093/mq/vi.3.455. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (Ireland) traces the origin of its national instrument, which is also its heraldic emblem, to ancient Egypt.
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