An curved arrow pointing right. Pedal harps can cost $70,000 — far more than lever harps, which cost $2,000 to $9,000. At first glance, a pedal harp looks like a simple frame with a row of strings.

The modern concert pedal harp is very different to the stringed instrument used to accompany Irish folk music, or the first versions of it found in 2500 BC. It is more powerful and richer in tone, ...

‘Dr Neil’s’, scored for lever harp and string quartet, evokes a sense of both the gentle serenity and flourishing life which is found in this place. Growing up in Aberdeenshire, Rachel is a ...