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.
These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.
Instrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
---|---|---|---|
clárseach
[1]
[2] cláirsach (Scottish), cruit |
Ireland | 322.221 | Polychord wire-strung
harp with a fore-pillar
|
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.
(Ireland) traces the origin of its national instrument, which is also its heraldic emblem, to ancient Egypt.
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.
These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.
Instrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
---|---|---|---|
clárseach
[1]
[2] cláirsach (Scottish), cruit |
Ireland | 322.221 | Polychord wire-strung
harp with a fore-pillar
|
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.
(Ireland) traces the origin of its national instrument, which is also its heraldic emblem, to ancient Egypt.