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Inline chromatic harp
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<p>An inline chromatic harp is a <a href="/facts/Harp/FhRqeCDf">harp</a> where the strings for all 12 chromatic notes of the octave are placed in one row (the same way strings are placed on a standard concert harp), as opposed to their being placed in two or three (parallel or crossing) courses. </p><p>At least one example of a harp with <i>two</i> parallel inline chromatic courses has also been produced. </p><p>Single course inline chromatic harps have been produced for at least the past 110 years: in 1902 Karel Weigel of Hanover (Germany) patented a model of inline chromatic harp. He built at least one 54 string (4 octaves and a fourth) model which is now housed in the <a href="/facts/Deutsches_Museum/mJjeyT05">Deutsches Museum</a> (Munich). </p><p>A disadvantage of inline chromatic harps is that <a href="/facts/Glissando/azcPbFJh">glissandi</a> can only be performed chromatically. </p>