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
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
But Eliot shook her head doubtfully, and when the boys came up with a banjo and French harp to put the bear through his performances, she watched the dancing at a respectful distance.
From The Little Colonel's House Party by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
I think that old boy standing there in his silk hat and bare feet, playing his little French harp, was the funniest sight I ever saw.
From Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry
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
