Henry Greenway

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]

Double chromatic harp, built ca. 1890 by Henry Greenway; one of two extant instruments of this type, (photo: National Music Museum)

See also

• Harp
• Cross-strung harp
• Electric harp
• Plucked string instrument
• Experimental musical instrument

References

1. "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, ca. 1895". National Music Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
2. "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.