威尔士三重竖琴 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	威尔士三重竖琴
品名（英）	Welsh Triple Harp
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.1087
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	John Richards【1711 至 1789】【英国、威尔士人】
创作年份	公元 1730 - 公元 1770
创作地区	大不列颠联合王国, 威尔士, 兰鲁斯特（United Kingdom, Wales, Llanrwst）
分类	合唱竖琴（Chordophone-Harp）
尺寸	高: extreme 198.5 厘米. length of pillar 188.0 厘米., above soundboard 128.5 厘米. Soundboard: resonating length 118.0 厘米., greatest width 51.0 厘米.; Strings: longest 168.0 厘米. shortest 11.0 厘米. c2 27.0 厘米.
介绍（中）	三重竖琴最早在意大利发展起来，17世纪初出现在不列颠群岛。这种乐器在威尔士竖琴手中非常流行，尤其是那些居住在伦敦的人，到了18世纪，它被称为"威尔士三重竖琴"该乐器有三排琴弦，外侧的两排琴弦统一调到全音阶，中间一排琴弦调到半音音符。这种乐器是由兰赫斯特的约翰·理查兹制造的，他也活跃在18世纪威尔士领先的竖琴制造商格兰布兰这把竖琴被大量使用，并显示出多次修复的迹象，其中几次是由重要的竖琴制造商自己修复的。最早的修复工作是由一位工匠完成的，他被认为是约翰·理查兹的继任者。19世纪初，著名的伦敦竖琴制造商Joseph Morley进行了一次翻新。
介绍（英）	The triple harp first developed in Italy and appeared in the British Isles by the early seventeenth century. The instrument became so popular with Welsh harpists, especially those residing in London, that by the eighteenth century it was known as the ‘Welsh triple harp.’ The instrument has three rows of strings, with the two outside rows tuned in unison to a diatonic scale, and the middle row tuned to the chromatic notes. This instrument was made by John Richards of Llanrwst, also active in Glanbran, Wales’ leading harp maker of the eighteenth century. The harp was heavily used and shows signs of multiple restorations, several at the hands of important harp makers themselves. The earliest restoration was done by a craftsperson identified only as the successor to John Richards. An early nineteenth century renovation was performed by the eminent London harp maker Joseph Morley.