19-String Mahogany Lyre Harp

The lyre harp is one of the more approachable stringed instruments a beginner can pick up, because there is no fretting hand to coordinate. You pluck an open string and it sounds correct, which means a new player spends their first sessions on melody and rhythm instead of fighting to get a clean note out of the instrument at all. That early progress is what keeps people playing.

This model is built from mahogany, which gives a warmer and rounder tone than the brighter plywood instruments in the same size class, and the difference is audible even to an untrained ear. Nineteen strings cover a genuinely useful melodic range rather than just a novelty scale, and the body sits comfortably against the chest or balanced on the knee. A tuning wrench and a full set of spare strings are included, so a broken string does not end the hobby a week in.

It suits home practice, meditation and sound-bath settings, folk and medieval repertoire, and music students exploring a second instrument. Expect to retune fairly often while the timber and strings settle, particularly through the first few weeks of ownership.

• 19 strings
• Mahogany body
• Includes tuning wrench
• Includes spare string set