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jetty hair ; and to impart infiructions, as 

 was ufual in the time of our old fore- 

 fathers ; I proclaim it ! as for the other 

 giftlefs twanging one, let no difciple bear 

 it in the face of day." 



In procefs of time the double harp, 

 or harp with two rows of firings, was 

 invented which fupplied the deficiency, 

 and in fome degree obviated the diffi- 

 culty of playing the flats and (harps. 



The next improvement was the tri- 

 ple harp, which feems to have been in- 

 vented about the fourteenth century. 

 This is the harp now in common ufe in 

 this country. It extends in compafs to 

 five oclaves, and one note. The two 

 outfide rows are the diatonics, which 

 are both tuned in unifons, and in any 

 key that the performer means to play 

 in. The treble row confifis of twenty 

 feven firings ; that is from A in alt, 

 down to C in the bafs ; and the oppo- 

 iite row or unifons, (which is played 

 with the bafs hand) extends from A in 



alt. 



