Henry Greenway Explained

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]}

See also

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, ca. 1895. National Music Museum. 18 January 2013. 18 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318050701/http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/Harps/5728Greenway/GreenwayHarp.html. dead.
2. Web site: Double Chromatic Harp. Metropolitan Museum. 18 January 2013.