The harp, whose strings were made of brass or bronze, was played by the bards not only in Ireland in the Middle Ages but also in Scotland up to and including the Renaissance period.

This instrument of first-class craftsmanship is made of traditional fine-sounding woods such as grained mountain maple and walnut. Even with the softest plucking, the strings produce a bell-like sound in every imaginable fine tone. The strings are drawn from a specially developed brass alloy of the strongest quality.
The processing of the metal was, as we are told from ancient myths, the element
of the dwarves; this is why this harp was named after the legendary "Erlenkönig".

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