Plucking Jaw Harp
Plucking jaw harp rarity from Japan
Frame: closed
Design: decorated with leather application, engraving, gemstone and signature
Vibration behaviour: very short
Sound characteristics: warm, compact
Sound volume: lower centre
Playing techniques: Mouth cavity, diaphragm
Playing dynamics: fast, rhythmic, dynamic
Personal impression: a very nice, playable collector's item
Jaw Harp in Papua Style
Innovation from the Czech Republic
- Revolutionary combination of plucking-, lip- and tooth Jaw Harp
- Frame: Compact, sealed, heavy but easy to hold
- Design: simple polished brass frame
- Vibration characteristics: short, bouncy
- Sound characteristics: penetrating, bright, clear, defined
- Sound volume: loud to very loud
- Playing techniques: especially mouth and larynx
- Playing dynamics: fast to very fast
handcrafted by Steev KIndwald
handcrafted by Steev Kindwald
handcrafted by Steev Kindwald
handcrafted by Steev Kindwald
Traditional Jaw Harp from Sasak people
from Taiwan
Maultrommel Rarität aus Nepal
Unfortunately, this Jaw Harp is no longer available and can not be supplied anymore. Since most Jaw Harps are handmade by individual craftsmen, it happens time and again that instruments disappear from the market when they are no longer produced.
But because it would be a shame to let this treasure of knowledge simply disappear into the digital afterlife, we have listed these Jaw Harps in our Jaw Harp Archive