One page shows a letter of appreciation from the Vatican dated Augthat expressed the Pope’s gratitude for the presentation of a harp. It includes listings of opera houses, orchestras, religious schools, and convents using their harps. Lyon & Healy Harp, 1916, pages 32-33, Folding Harp Chair and Mat and Harp Case.Īccording to this catalog, musicians throughout the US and other countries played the Lyon & Healy Harp. It not only held the harp but held the folding chair and mat as well. The mat had sockets for the chair’s front legs to fit into attaching the chair to the mat and giving the musician more control of the instrument.
The Folding Harp Chair and Mat were especially useful for harpists who did not want their chair and harp to slip away from each other while playing. There are also accessories in this catalog. Lyon & Healy Harp, 1916, pages 30-31, Style 23 Double Action Harp. Its body was constructed of curly maple wood while the enlarged sounding board was made of old spruce wood with lengthwise grain to prevent cracking.
Described as having a “rich, mellow and very powerful” tone, it was designed particularly for the use of concert and symphony orchestras. Lyon & Healy Harp, 1916, unnumbered pages preceding title page, Louis XV Harp with Chair, Rack, and Lamp. This includes, among others, the taper spindle action developed in 1893 to prevent buzzing or other noises and the enlarged sounding board patented in 1895. The catalog also describes features of the harp developed by the company. Lyon & Healy produced their first harp in 1889 and a few years later, in 1893, won the Grand Prize at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It begins by describing the development of the Lyon & Healy Harp and a bit about harps in general.
The catalog is entitled Lyon & Healy Harp (1916) by Lyon & Healy. This month, let’s look at a trade catalog advertising harps. This year, 2019, is the Smithsonian Year of Music, so how about looking at some music-related material in the Trade Literature Collection? In February, we highlighted mandolins and harmonicas.
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