Henry Greenway
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Double chromatic harp, built ca. 1890 by Henry Greenway; one of two extant instruments of this type, (photo: National Music Museum)
Henry Greenway (Birmingham, England, 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri, 1903) was an English-born American harp maker. He created a type of chromatic cross-strung harp displaying X-shaped double pilar and double neck. His workshop was at 545 Atlantic Street in Brooklyn, N.Y.[1][2]
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References[]
- ^ "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, ca. 1895". National Music Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Double Chromatic Harp". Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Mandel Robert (2010), Classical & Romantic Instrument Marvels, Budapest: Kossuth Publishing.
- André P. Larson (Spring 1995), "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway", in: South Dakota Musician, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 28.
- "1994 Acquisitions Include Rare Pianos, Harp, Woodwinds," in: The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 2.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1989), A Checklist of American Musical Instruments, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Barbara Burn, ed. (1989), A Checklist of European & American Harps, revised ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Libin Laurence (1985), American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Libin Laurence (1979), A Checklist of European Harps: 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1904), Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe, vol. 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- 1833 births
- 1903 deaths
- Harp makers
- Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States
- American engineer stubs