They cost anywhere from $3,000-$180,000.ĭo you know of a company ABC7 Eyewitness News should visit that makes things right here in Chicagoland? Make a suggestion on ABC7 Chicago's Facebook page. Lyon and Healy harps are truly magnificent instruments. Then comes rigorous testing to ensure the sound will be flawless.
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It takes two to three months before a harp is complete. One of my students families has been offered (for free) a Lyon & Healy upright piano, serial 30815, and I am trying to find out if it is worth having. Real 23 karat gold is meticulously applied. As an early company, the Lyon Healy brand was known for selling a variety of musical products like sheet music. They also built pianos, player pianos, organs, and many other types of musical instruments for many years. A column for one harp wouldn't be interchangeable with another," Fritzmann said.Įvery design is hand-carved. Lyon & Healy, established in 1864, originally made concert harps and was the leading manufacturer in the world. From the wood, to the body, to the mechanism which will eventually connect to the strings and pedals, it's a combination of tradition and innovation. This is a stunningly beautiful old instrument that is at the moment for decor or staging. Today, all of the nearly 2,000 pieces that comprise a single harp are still handcrafted. A vintage (circa 1920) Lyon Healy pedal harp - style 17. To properly identify a model, locate the model number and determine which country the guitar was made in.
At the time of publication, the guitars are being made in the United States and South Korea.
George Lyon and Patrick Healy founded the company in 1864. Paul Reed Smith began making top-of-the-line guitars in Maryland in 1985. That's where we feel Lyon and Healy has its mark," Fritzmann said. "For any instrument, any musical player, it comes down to the feel and the tone. It is a beautiful harp, and though it is a lever harp it sounds like any pedal harp I have heard.
With the harp I am selling an abundance of bow brand harp strings, several are complete octaves, many are duplicates. Steve Fritzmann has been with the company for 36 years and was once a master harp maker himself. 1192l Lyric Lyon Healy Harp (48 similar) I am selling my Lyon Healy lyric harp. "Lyon and Healy was really the mecca of the harp world through the 20th century," said Steve Fritzmann, Lyon and Healy National Sales Manager. Today, the harp most recognized around the world is made right here in Chicago's West Loop, at Lyon and Healy. The harp is known as one of the world's oldest instruments. Availability and time-frame will vary based on production schedule and model. Not only did they start the company, but they ended up designing and crafting a beautiful instrument that continues to be coveted by musicians around the world. Included Accessories: 8 legs, cover, tuning key. CHICAGO (WLS) - Two young men from Boston were dispatched by a music publisher to expand business in Chicago about 150 years ago.