From
the day we foundedPilgrim
Harps in 1980,
we have been fortunate and privileged to be able to combine our passion
with our daily business. Our workshops, which are converted from an old
coach house, are situated in the heart of the beautiful Surrey
countryside
near the village of South
Godstone.
We like to think that something of this environment finds its way into
the harps we make.
From the start we have had
two main aims:
to make the harp more accessible to everyone, and to create harps
tailored to each individual’s
specific needs to
suit performer, teacher or student.
Harp
making is an art that has been practiced and refined over thousands of
years.Our craft is a
continuation of this ancient tradition; one which we carry out today
with the highest
environmental consideration,
taking a careful and responsible approach to the materials we use.
Pilgrim Harps’
blueprint for creating the very finest harps involves striving towards
three fundamentals –flawless
design, perfect materials and immaculate craftsmanship.
We gain enormous satisfaction from producing handcrafted instruments
using exceptional materials, and we continually
search for and test out the slightest improvements that can be made.
Creating harps that look very beautiful is an integral part of our
approach to harp making, but ultimately it is the harp's
sound that is of paramount importance. The elements
of sound that we pay special attention to are the richness and depth of
tone; subtlety in dynamics and timbre; and clarity, projection and
power.Before it is
finished, each
harp is tested out by one of our specialist harpists.
They scrutinise every aspect of the harp’s
performance, checking for accuracy of intonation and regulation.