Henry Greenway

Double chromatic harp, built ca. 1890 by Henry Greenway; one of two extant instruments of this type, (photo: National Music Museum)

Henry Greenway (Birmingham, England, 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri, 1903) was an English-born American harp builder . He created a type of chromatic cross-strung harp displaying X-shaped double pilar and double neck. His workshop was at 545 Atlantic St. in Brooklyn, N.Y. ^[1][2]

Sources

• Mandel Robert (2010), Classical & Romantic Instrument Marvels, Budapest: Kossuth Publishing, pg. 36-37, ill.
• André P. Larson (Spring 1995), "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway," South Dakota Musician, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 28.
• The Shrine to Music Museum (January 1995), "1994 Acquisitions Include Rare Pianos, Harp, Woodwinds," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2, p. 2.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1989), A Checklist of American Musical Instruments, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pg. 27, ill.
• Barbara Burn, ed. (1989), A Checklist of European & American Harps, revised. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pg. 14.
• Libin Laurence (1985), American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pg. 139, fig. 165, ill.
• Libin Laurence (1979), A Checklist of European Harps : 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pg. 13, 12, ill.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1904), Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe, vol. I, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pg. 21.

See also

• Harp
• Cross-strung harp
• Electric harp
• Plucked string instrument
• Experimental musical instrument

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