18-Bar Chromatic Evoharp Developed by Evo Bluestein and Jim Woods Features * Custom built in the USA * Easy to hold & play * Small size like the original A-model harps * Solid spruce top * Laminated frame * Maple or walnut back * Maple chord bars * Fast action * Weighs less than 6 lbs * 1-year Warranty       Go to 15-Bar Evoharp 21 Bar Evoharp Diatonic Evoharp Lap Style Evoharp Hymnal Harp

18-bar chord layout Bb, Gm, F7, F, Dm, C7, C, Am, G7, G, Em, D7, D, Bm, A7, A, F#m, E7 Phone Orders (559) 297-8966  Email call for shipping options

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Introducing The 18 Bar Chromatic Evoharp Dulcimer Shoppe and Evo Bluestein are pleased to introduce the 18 bar chromatic Evoharp. Why do we believe that the world needs an 18 bar instrument when no other builders offer one? Here is our reasoning. The standard width for chord bars is 1/4 inch. That standard was set years ago but has stood the test of time and experimentation very well. There are builders making narrower bars but they have disadvantages (shorter life for felts, less capability to suppress overtones) that cause us to prefer the 1/4 inch wide bar. The practical lower limit for spacing between bars to prevent interference is 1/32 inch. The practical upper limit for the length of the last string is about 7 1/4 inches. If you attempt to make this string longer then you will be unable to tune it without breaking strings. Attempting to damp a string closer to the bridge than about 10% of its length is not very effective. (Guitar players often use this effect to create interesting sounds by laying the heel of their hand on the strings near the bridge. The string is not silenced but the sound can be useful for special effects.) Several builders offer instruments with bars that damp the high strings very close to the bottom bridge in order to gain access to the string but this is not what we choose to do for the Evoharp. A stack of 21 bars uses 5 3/4 inches of the available string length. With the other considerations above, the high end strings on a 21 bar instrument are nearly covered by the chord bars and are difficult to reach for strumming or picking. A 15 bar instrument has plenty of room for strumming and picking all the strings but many players would like additional chords and keys. The solution we selected was to add 3 chords and an additional key to the 15 bar instrument without going all the way to 21. The key that we added to those on the 15 bar version is F. The key that we omitted from the 21 bar instrument is E. We believe that this choice will serve the player very well. Evo Bluestein and Jim Woods