The talharpa, also known as a tagelharpa (tail-hair harp) or the stråkharpa (bowed harp), is a multi-stringed bowed lyre from northern Europe. It was formerly widespread in Scandinavia, but today it’s quickly making a resurgence as the polarity in Nordic music groups such as Wardruna and Hielung grows.
Talharpa were traditionally built by hollowing out a single block of wood, and gluing a soundboard on top, as demonstrated by various historical finds. In modern times, many tagelharpa makers continue to build their musical instruments from solid wood. The Talharpa that I have built is a hybrid of modern and traditional styles. This was my first attempt at building a wooden instrument and I was very happy with how it turned out. Hopefully I will find time to be able to make another Talharpa in the Future!
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Timestamps/Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Talharpa Body
9:25 Horse hair Bow
11:05 Sound Bridge and Pegs
11:56 Tailpiece and Strings
13:44 Wood burning and Staining
15:50 Assembly
16:52 Playing the Talharpa
18:42 Notes, Materials, and Tools
Materials:
10ft by wood board
4x4ft pine plywood (use spruce if possible)
2in and 1in x 4 ft dowel rod (pine or hardwood)
Wood stain and sealer
Horse hair, fishing line, or cello strings
Bow and string resin (i used dark)
At least 3 microtuners
At least 2ft of paracord
Wood glue and hot glue
Tools:
6-14 pressure clamps
Dremel or rotary tool
Sander and sandpaper
Wood chisels and hammer
Jigsaw, hand saws or circular saw
Floppy sanding bits (80grit)
Drill or drill press with drill bits
Diamond burrs or engraving burrs
Wood burner or laser engraver
Brushes and razor blades
Notes:
I forgot to film a few steps including: placing the bass bar and sound post, sealing with polyurethane and adding hot glue to the string peg holes.
When you make a talharpa in this style, it surprisingly works as a “3 in 1” instrument. It can be played as a bowed harp, plucked like a traditional harp, and can even be played as a snare drum sisung the Vegvisir area of the soundboard!
Horse hair is difficult to work with and breaks very easily so make sure you buy more than you need. Resin is also required for the instrument to produce sounds.
Songs used in The Video:
Inspirations and resources:
Wardruna
Hielung
Skald
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