French harp
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Then I do a number with the guit-tar and play the French harp and sing, all at the same time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The evening passed quietly, the foreman talking but little, though he entertained Ralph for a time by playing on a French harp, or mouth organ.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown
The vocal cords do not vibrate as strings, like the strings of a violin, but somewhat as reeds, similar to the reeds of a French harp or reed organ.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Somewhere one is playing a tin flute, another is playing a French harp, and some are singing.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
There was a band to lead the procession; a band of three boys, playing on a French harp, a jew's-harp, and a drum.
From The Story of Dago by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry