A spitzharfe (or arpanetta) is a musical string instrument popular in Italy and Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.[1][2] Up to 90 centimetres tall,[2] it is designed to be placed on a table, and consists of two sets of strings - steel strings to produce the melody and brass strings for the accompaniment.[1] It is played by plucking with fingers, in a manner similar to the harp.[1]

Spitzharfe (17th or 18th century, German or French)

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  1. ^ a b c Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press.
  2. ^ a b Baines, Anthony (1992). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-311334-3.