HOW TO MAKE AN ÆOLIAN HARP.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2322, 7 January 1890, Page 3

HOW TO MAKE AN ÆOLIAN HARP.

Have »ny of our young friends ever Been an iEolian haTp ? It is a musical instrument made by the Greeks many centuries ago, and hung among the trees or where the wind could blow upon it, making a low, soft musical sound. The "Baptist Weekly "tells how to make one, which is very eaßily done and inexpensive, for most of tbe material can be found about the house. Wax apiece of buttonhole twist about two and a half feet longj tie each end strongly to a small peg, and thrust the pegs down the crevice" between the two sashes of your southern or western window, stretching the silk as tight as possible. It will surprise you the sweetness and variety of the tones the wind will bring from it. Having demo this you may be moved to.' go further and prepare a more elaborate iEolian harp. ' Take come qaater inch wood, and make »box tfiQ loagthof your frindow

frame, four or five inches deep and six or seven inches wide. Bore a few small holes in a circle near what will be tha upper side of tho back of the box when piaced in the window fasten two bridges like violin bridges, one at each end, and stretch on them several strings ofjiae catgut, contriving a series of screw pins to aid in the tight stretching necessary, and allow of their being tuned to one tone. Then raise yoar sash on the windy side of the house, and the wind passing through the holes and over the strings will, in its rising and falling, make very good music.