Name: Cross-Strung Harp(Wiki Page)

Also known as: Chromatic double harp, Cross-Strung Harp, Double Harp

Family: Harp

Origin: Italy

Wikidata item: Q2353374

Image: Double Harp

Invented in: 16th century [Renaissance Era]

Description: Has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. It has more than one set of strings with one attached to each side of the neck of the harp, with the rows of strings intersect between the neck and the sound box .

Disambiguation: Multi-Course harp. Unlike most harps this harp has two courses or sets of strings which all form an X shape unlike the double harp or any other harp

External Links: https://www.harpspectrum.org/folk/riley_long.shtml [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp]

Original description: 

Double harp

• Family: harp
• Origin: Europe [Italy]
• Image: Double Harp
  *Invented in: 16th century [time of Renaissance era]
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp
• Description: "The double, cross-strung harp is an instrument of Spanish origin which developed across the Iberian peninsula between the mid-1500s and the mid-1700s, being used for both sacred and secular music. The accompaniment on this recording is provided exclusively by the double harp - another first, as this practice, once widespread, has over the centuries been entirely forgotten." (from Naxos)
• Appears on:
  1. Tonadas (Songs)