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    • About us
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  • Harps
    • Pedal Harps >
      • The Malvern
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      • The Canterbury
      • The Salisbury
    • Lever Harps >
      • The Clarsach
      • The Ashdown
      • The Skylark
      • Bundles
      • The Fullsicle
      • Lever Options
    • Electro-Acoustic Harps
    • Purchase Today >
      • Purchase today in Surrey
      • Purchase today in Ayr
      • Purchase today in Warwick
      • Purchase today in Beijing
    • Second-Hand Harps
    • Hear our harps
  • Hire a harp
  • Bespoke designs
  • Servicing and Restoration
  • What's On
    • Open Day
    • Edinburgh International Harp Festival
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      • Harp World - Past Events
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Past Events

Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th of December

Preloved Harp Weekend at Pilgrim Harps

10am till 4pm 
Come along to our showroom and workshop and take a look at all of our Preloved harps.
We have a huge array of lever harps and pedal harps ready for Christmas!!!​
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Sunday 22nd September 2019

Pilgrims Open Day

10am - 4pm
Once a year we hold an open day in the Autumn, filled with concerts, workshop tours, BBQ's, making new friends, trying the harps, laughter and fun!
Lots of exciting changes, Jazz Tent, Come and Try Tent BBQ etc. More info to come!
FREE ENTRY, FREE CONCERTS, FREE PARKING
More information
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Sat & Sun ​5th & 6th October 2019

Come and Try the Harp for FREE!

​10am - 4pm
​
​Bakewell Town Hall

1 The Square, Bakewell
DE45 1BT​

FREE ENTRY
​

Our mission is to get as many people interested in the harp as possible.
We arrange "come and try the harp" days all over the country to provide people the opportunity to play the instruments. 
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3rd and 4th August 2019

Come and Try the Harp for FREE!

10am to 4pm
​

Forest Row Village Hall
The Square Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5ES
 
FREE ENTRY
 
Our mission is to get as many people interested in the harp as possible.
what we do is arrange "come and try the harp" days all over the country.
It gives people the opportunity to come and see the harps and have a try at playing them. It also dispels the myth that it’s hard to play.
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Pilgrim Harps Past Events

Whats On In The Harp World
Pilgrim Harps Competitions

Coming Up:

Upcoming Events with Pilgrim Harps
Upcoming Events in the Harp World
Do you have an event that needs advertising? Would you like Pilgrim Harps to help out with your event? Get in touch, we love to hear all your ideas and will help where we can!
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20th and 21st July 2019

Come and Try the Harp for FREE!

10am until 4 pm Saturday and Sunday

​Have you always wanted to try the harp?

Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​

Linden Hall 
Lyndhurst Community Centre
main car park, off High Street
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY
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OPEN WEEKEND 
Sunday 26th and Monday 27th May 2019
10am-4pm

New and preloved harp bank holiday weekend is upon us! 
We will be open extra hours on the 26th and 27th May 2019! 
10am-4pm
Come along and try an amazing selection of new and recondition pedal and lever harps. All of our secondhand harps will be available to try and take away with you on the day. Makes include Pilgrim Harps 

#camacharps #aoyamaharps #dustystringsharp

​While you here why not try a brand new Sound Plus #harpmic
See you there! 

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11th Novmeber 2018

Harpe Diem

Harpe Diem Website
26th October - 30th October 2018

Harp On Wight
Harp Festival

Come and see us at the annual Harp on Wight Festival. This fantastic festival is run by a small group of harpists and harp enthusiasts. 
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4th November 2018 

Lever Harp Servicing at PoppyHarp in Warwick

Do you need a harp service? Do you live closer to the midlands than to Surrey?
You are able to drop and collect your harp on alternative dates if Friday is difficult for you. Call 07713907808 to book your harp in for a service at PoppyHarp Showroom in Warwick. ​

PoppyHarp, 33 Market Street, Warwick, CV34 4DH
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5th October - 7th October 2018

Wild Strings Weekend

UKHA Jazz & Popular Harp Event, Wild Strings will be in Manchester in October 2018.
A harp festival with a difference, we will have something for everyone, whether you're a lever or pedal harpist, play another instrument, or are a listener.
More information

9th September 2018

Pilgrim Harps Open Day

10am - 4pm
Once a year we hold an open day in the Autumn, filled with concerts, workshop tours, BBQ's, making new friends, trying the harps, laughter and fun!
more information
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28th and 29th July 2018

Come and Try the Harp in Lyndhurst

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​

Linden Hall 
Lyndhurst Community Centre
main car park, off High Street
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY

22nd June 2018

Harp Servicing in Warwick

Do you need a harp service? Do you live closer to the midlands than to Surrey?
You are able to drop and collect your harp on alternative dates if Friday is difficult for you. Call 07713907808 to book your harp in for a service at PoppyHarp Showroom in Warwick. ​

PoppyHarp, 33 Market Street, Warwick, CV34 4DH
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16th and 17th June 2018

Come and Try the Harp Weekend
​with renowned harpist Anita Aslin

Pilgrim Harps are coming to the North East!!
Saturday 16th of June 10am till 5pm and Sunday the 17th of June 9am to 4pm
At
Stokesley Town Hall
Market Place
Middlesbrough
TS9 5DG
This is a free event for anyone who would like to try or buy one of harps. You don’t have to book in just come along whenever your free.
We will have a stock of lever harps to purchase along with other accessories and strings.
 
We look forward to seeing you.
If you would like any other information please don’t hesitate to contact us.
www.pilgrimharps.co.uk
info@pilgrimharps.co.uk
Tel: 01342 893242​
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12th and 13th May 2018

DUTCH HARP FESTIVAL 2018

The Dutch Harp Festival returns for its fifth anniversary edition, under the artistic direction of Remy van Kesteren. The festival program also features the finals of the DHF World Harp Competition. 
Website url for event: harpfestival.nl
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30th March 2018 - 4th April 2018

Edinburgh Harp Festival

Location:
Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh. EH13 0PU

Held on the beautiful grounds of Merchiston Castle School, EIHF annually welcomes a healthy mix of world-class harpists and up-and-coming local talents playing a range of musical styles from folk to jazz for concerts, courses, workshops, the UK's largest harpmakers' exhibition and late night sessions.
Where it all began
more information

6th January 2018

"Come and Try" the Harp
at the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick

10am - 4pm - "Come and Try the Harp" with Pilgrim Harps. 
Have you ever wanted to try a harp? Come along to learn from our harpists, meet the makers, hear them being played and most importantly try the harps yourself. 
FREE EVENT

Pilgrim Harps sponsor the Future Blend Project.
6pm - Hidden Gem Harp Concert
Composers all around the world enter the Future Blend Project Composition Competition each year in order to have the opportunity to work with world class harpists in order to create an amazing piece of music, with the chance of winning the Future Blend Project Best Collaboration prize of £250 and a publishing deal with PoppyHarp Publishing. Hear the top 10 finalists of this years competition at the 2018 Hidden Gem Concert. 
Adult Ticket £10
Child Ticket £5
Family Ticket £25
(2 adults, up to 3 children)
more information

9th and 10th December 2017

"Come and Try" the Harp
at the Swan Walk Shopping Centre in Horsham

"Come and Try the Harp" with Pilgrim Harps. 
Have you ever wanted to try a harp? Come along to learn from our harpists, meet the makers and most importantly try the harps yourself. 
FREE EVENT

Swan Walk Shopping Centre, Horsham, RH12 1HQ
(Opposite Wilkinson's -Upper Level)
Saturday - 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday - 10:30am - 4:30pm
20th October - 24th October 2017

Harp On Wight
Harp Festival

Come and see us at the annual Harp on Wight Festival. This fantastic festival is run by a small group of harpists and harp enthusiasts. 
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11th and 12th August 2017

"Come and Try the Harp" in Bath

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!

10am - 4pm- "Come and Try the Harp"
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Exhibition by Pilgrim Harps in Bath


The Friends Meeting House 
York Street 
Bath 
BA1 1NG

24th September 2017

Pilgrim Harps Open Day

Each year we open our workshop up for tours, we turn our courtyard into a giant concert marque with concerts throughout the day from fantastic harpists from around the UK, the BBQ is turned up high and we enjoy the a fun filled day of all things Harp! The entire day is FREE and there is also FREE parking available. 
http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/events/
More information
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17th September 2017

St. Alfege Church, Greenwich
Childrens Concert - from 1:30pm
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Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd July 2017

"Come and Try the Harp"

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​
10am - 4pm

Linden Hall 
Lyndhurst Community Centre
main car park, off High Street
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY
14th May 2017 

Warwick Showroom Opening

10am - 4:30pm - "Come and Try the Harp" with Pilgrim Harps. FREE EVENT
Have you ever wanted to try a harp? Now is your chance! Visit the Lord Leycester Hospital's Great Hall on May 14th to try out harps, learn from harpists, meet the makers and hear them being played. 

2pm - Warwickshire Harp Students Concert FREE EVENT
Warwickshire's flourishing young harpists perform an eclectic mix of beautiful harp music.

5pm - A Celebration of the Harp. A Harp Concert with Harpist Fran Barsby
PoppyHarp Company Director and Pilgrim Harps Resident Harpist Fran Barsby performs a collection of her favourite music to showcase the flexibility and versatility of these harps.  
Adult Ticket £5
Child Ticket £2.50

​Refreshments available (Drinks and light snacks) 10am - 6pm
​PoppyHarp
 Masters Garden

Lord Leycester Hospital, 
60 High Street
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4BH
PoppyHarp
15th April 2017 

Mayor's Visit

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31st March 2017 

Edinburgh Harp Festival

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When we formed our harp-making business in 1980, one of our first decisions was the creation of a harp festival. We wanted it to provide a taste into the diverse world of harps and so we approached other harp makers to join with us in an exhibition of many harps under one roof. We organised harp workshops to show how anyone can learn how to play a harp or help students improve their existing technique. We organised evening concerts at venues around Edinburgh and thus the Edinburgh International Harp Festival was born.
It proved an instant success; rapidly taking on a life and momentum of its own. After just a few years we realised that we had something very special in our hands but also we knew we had a difficult decision to make. As the festival had grown so quickly, we knew that to stick with our first love as harp makers we could be in danger of holding back, both the festivals’ progress and our own development, so we handed over the reigns to the Clarsach Society who have organised it so superbly ever since.
So what is it that makes the Edinburgh International Harp Festival so special?
Well, ‘International’ is a very important part of the name and we applaud the way that the Clarsach Society has continued so successfully in attracting celebrated harpists from many countries and cultures and in building upon the original 'world of harps' idea. Another factor is the steady increase of interest in harps that we have witnessed over the many years since we started back in 1980. Thus each spring, this annual festival attracts a wide audience to hear the finest players, attend fantastic workshops and see exhibitions demonstrating how harps are made. There really is, something to cater to all ages and abilities.

Experience world class performance, learn new skills and join the growing harp community...
Edinburgh Harp Festival
16th/17th/18th March 2017 

Harp Servicing in Derbyshire

16th March & 17th 10am – 8pm
Saturday 18th March 10am – 4pm

Church Broughton Methodist Church
Chapel Lane
Church Broughton
DE65 5BB
Derbyshire

If you need your harp serviced or repaired please get in touch,
And we will arrange the time.



PILGRIM are experts in Service and Repair of all concert and lever harps (Lyon & Healy, Salvi, Aoyama, Horngacher, Erard, Obermeyer, Camac, Elysian & Russian) re-felting, general service, regulation & intonation checks can be completed quickly and at a competitive price.
 

Office 01342 893242    
Mobile (when on the road) 07789 987670
Email info@pilgrimharps.co.uk

 
It will be a good opportunity to come along and try our lever harps and pedal harps including the Malvern Wave our new Electro Acoustic Pedal Harp.

Please pass this message on to anyone else who may be interested.
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12th February 2017 

"Come and Try the Harp" at the Lord Leycester in Warwick

4pm Local Harp Students Concert - FREE EVENT
5pm Come and Try the Harp- FREE EVENT

Location:
Lord Leycester Hospital
60 High Street
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4BH

www.lordleycester.com
For more information contact Fran on 07713907808 or email events@pilgrimharps.co.uk
21st January 2017

Birmingham Harp Day

Come and see us at Birmingham Conservatoire Harp Day 2017.
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists and try out our harps!
7th January 2017

"Come and Play the Harp"

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​
10am - 4pm

Lord Leycester Hospital
60 High Street
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4BH

We raised £747.51 +117.75gift aid
for Cancer Research in memory of Peter Cunningham

Click the link for more information: 
www.pilgrimharps.co.uk/pilgrim-harps-charity-christmas-video-campaign.html

Christmas Video Charity Campaign mention in
​Harp Column Magazine

Pilgrim Harps is inviting harpists to share videos and donate to cancer research.Peter Ian Cunningham, a founder and director at Pilgrim Harps, died in November, 2016.
Want to show your harp stuff and help a good cause at the same time? South-east England based Pilgrim Harps is sponsoring a video campaign to raise money for cancer research in memory of their founder and director Peter Ian Cunningham, who passed away in Nov., 2016. Pilgrim’s resident harpist Fran Barsby (above) came up with the idea to ask harpists to post videos of themselves playing their favorite Christmas song and then donate to cancer research.
“It is devastating that most people have someone in their lives right now sufferings from this horrible disease,” says Barsby. “It does not discriminate, it does not go easy on anyone, it destroys lives. We are proud to be supporting and fighting in memory of our friend and colleague, who was one of the most glorious human beings on this planet.”
How to get involved:
  1. Upload your Christmas harp video (phone videos are fine).
  2. Add Pilgrim Harps Cancer Research Christmas Charity Videos to the title and post the video to the Pilgrim’s Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages.
  3. Donate via the link below.
Click the link for the full article: 
/www.harpcolumn.com/pilgrim-harps-launches-video-campaign-cancer-research/
3rd December 2016

"Come and Play the Harp"

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​
10am - 4pm
Alderley Edge Hotel,
Macclesfield Road.
Alderley Edge.
Cheshire.
​SK9 7B
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2nd December 2016

Pilgrim Harps in Concert

A Christmas Concert in Alderly Edge by our very own Fran Barsby. 
Come and see the concert on the Friday and try the harps out for yourselves on Saturday! For more information see 3rd December 2016
​
Alderly Edge Methodist Church,
Chapel Road, 
Elderly Edge, 
Cheshire
​SK9 7DU
Visit the website
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29th October 2016

Retreat to the harp

Harp On Wight Harp Festival

Saturday 29th, St James the Great Church
2pm: Latin beats workshop with Diego
4pm: Try the Harp session with Pilgrim Harps
7.30pm: Public concert given by Diego and Keziah

​http://www.retreattotheharp.com/kent/
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"Come and Play the Harp",
​Local Students Concert and Harp Concert by Fran Barsby

23rd October 2016
Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!

Servicing during the day. Appointment only. 
3pm - Harp Students Concert
3:45- Harp Concert, performed by Fran Barsby
4:30pm - Come and Play the Harp for FREE!
​
St. Nicholas Church, 
St. Nicholas Church Street, 
Warwick
​CV34 4JD
6th - 10th October 2016

Harp On Wight Harp Festival

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps at our Exhibition at the Harp on Wight Harp Festival.

Experience world class performance, learn new skills and join the growing harp community...
​

​https://www.facebook.com/Harp-on-Wight-Festival-1606010586292656/?fref=ts​
​https://harponwight.com
4th October 2016

Harpcatcher

The Electro-Acoustic Malvern played by our harpist Fran Barsby will be serenading the celebration of the beginning of the Isle of Wight Harp Festival at the Harp-themed candlelit dinner.

For more information visit https://harponwight.com
24th September 2016

"Come and Play the Harp"

Have you always wanted to try the harp?
Come and meet the makers, learn from our harpists, hear local harp students play and try out our harps!
​
10am - 4pm
Christ Church, 
Malvern
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Pilgrim Harps Open Day

Click here for more information about our open days
20th and 21st August 2016

New and Pre-loved Harp Weekend

Are you looking for a new harp? Do you work long hours in the week and struggle to find the time to visit a showroom.
We are opening the Surrey Showroom all day Saturday and Sunday.
​1st - 3rd July

Retreat to the Harp with Keziah Thomas

Escape to the beautiful countryside of Oxfordshire for a weekend of total harp immersion with friendly tutors, delicious meals, inspiring concerts and peaceful surroundings. ​
More information
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Tom Monger and the Malvern Wave - MAGNERS ADVERT

MAY 2016
Tom Monger, harpist for Florence and the Machine, borrowed our brand new Malvern Wave recently for the new Magner's Cider promotion. The promotion is all about keeping true to who you are and not changing. Our harps evolve throughout the ages but they will always be built with love, passion and a unique sound that you can only get from a perfectionist approach to wood and carpentry.

At around 40 seconds in the video you see Tom and the Malvern Wave. Enjoy and share! 

Have a go on one of our harps and begin your adventure and find your passion. 
Hold true to whatever makes you YOU everyone x
28th April 2016

The Malvern Wave Premiere

“The Electro-Malvern is beautifully designed and very  satisfying to play. It has a beautiful rich tone both acoustically and amplified and I would recommend it to anyone who wants the best of both worlds.” 
​
Tom Monger
Acoustically this harp has a truly beautiful sound, clear in the base and very sonorous in the upper octaves. Played with electric it has an even amplified tone throughout the whole 47 string range. This harp sounds brilliant amplified and loses nothing acoustically! I feel so grateful to live at a time when the development of new harps with incredible sound and capabilities is striding forwards all the time. Thank you to all the builders in this amazing renaissance, I am so happy to be getting to be part of it as a harp player and teacher!”
 Shelly Fairplay
This harp features all the legendary attributes that you would expect from our original harps but with the addition of a special new pick-up system. This system retains the full integrity of tone and evenness throughout the range. Convenient to use, it can provide anything from a little sound enhancement to full volume amplification.
​
By using the Accusound “continuous pickup technology”, the whole sound of the instrument is collected as opposed to the individual sounds of the strings. This, we believe, adds a lot of warmth and maintains the acoustic characteristic of the harp, allowing the strings to interact with each other and with the structure of the instrument. The “continuous pickup technology” also ensures an even pickup of sound throughout the instrument without the need to electronically interfere with the signal to balance the musical sound. Being built in to the fundamental heart of the instrument, the total sound of the harp is captured, from the feel of the strings to the resonances of the wood. The electronics of the system is located as close as possible to the active transducer material to ensure accurate and reliable transmission to the amplifier. 
The low impedance output of the Accusound preamplifier forms a perfect connection to the vast majority of amplifiers using an industry standard ¼” jack lead.
1st - 6th April 2016

Edinburgh International Harp Festival

Visit the Edinburgh International Harp Festival 
When we formed our harp-making business in 1980, one of our first decisions was the creation of a harp festival. We wanted it to provide a taste into the diverse world of harps and so we approached other harp makers to join with us in an exhibition of many harps under one roof. We organised harp workshops to show how anyone can learn how to play a harp or help students improve their existing technique. We organised evening concerts at venues around Edinburgh and thus the Edinburgh International Harp Festival was born.
It proved an instant success; rapidly taking on a life and momentum of its own. After just a few years we realised that we had something very special in our hands but also we knew we had a difficult decision to make. As the festival had grown so quickly, we knew that to stick with our first love as harp makers we could be in danger of holding back, both the festivals’ progress and our own development, so we handed over the reigns to the Clarsach Society who have organised it so superbly ever since.
So what is it that makes the Edinburgh International Harp Festival so special?
Well, ‘International’ is a very important part of the name and we applaud the way that the Clarsach Society has continued so successfully in attracting celebrated harpists from many countries and cultures and in building upon the original 'world of harps' idea. Another factor is the steady increase of interest in harps that we have witnessed over the many years since we started back in 1980. Thus each spring, this annual festival attracts a wide audience to hear the finest players, attend fantastic workshops and see exhibitions demonstrating how harps are made. There really is, something to cater to all ages and abilities.

Experience world class performance, learn new skills and join the growing harp community...
9th January 2016

Hidden Gem Concert

A fantastic new project showcasing new works by composers from across the UK. Come and see 7 harpists including Eleanor Turner, Fran Barsby,  Vera Khait, Rita Schindler, Kinga Was, Amy Turk and Erica Sinclair perform brand new works by Kirsty Devaney, Leon Haxby, Ryan Probert, Sam James, Patrick Ellis, Rob Jones, Ben Parkinson-Atherton, Dominic Sewell, Ben Weatherill and Yfat Soul Zisso.
The "Future Blend" project was inspired to bring together composers and harpists. Becoming established in the music industry is becoming increasingly more difficult and this project helps to act as a stepping stone for musicians and composers. The project also looks to help increase the amount of music composed for the harp. 
The Future Blend Project
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"The finest pedal harp that has ever been made in Britain. It is much lighter than most concert harps and, this combined with an original body construction, has a range of sonority and dynamic that is quite remarkable.” 

David Watkins

Contact Us


Pilgrim Harps,
Stansted House,
Tilburstow Hill Road,
South Godstone,
Surrey,
RH9 8NA

​01342 893242
​

info@pilgrimharps.co.uk
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