H'arpeggione
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The H'arpeggione is an instrument built by Fred Carlson for musician Erik Hinds. It is an acoustic upright quartertone-fretted six string instrument tuned from a contrabass Ab up to eb (half-step below the high e on a guitar). The H'arpeggione also has 12 resonating sympathetic strings which run through the neck and emerge over the body and run to a separate buzzing bridge. The body is larger than an acoustic guitar, with an arched fingerboard and bridge for bowing or plucking, a spike for upright playing position and a top of (recycled) redwood.
