Aeolian harp

The Aeolian harp is the stringed instrument equivalent of a wind chime. It was placed in a window sill with the window open just enough to focus the breeze across the strings. When the strings vibrated sympathetically, a sound was produced. Thomas Jefferson specified an Aeolian harp in connection with a garden temple (Papers of Thomas Jefferson ...1767-1826, volume 1, Bear & Stanton, p.28 and 248). This example is clearly the work of a skilled musical instrument maker. Aeolian Harps were among the products listed in a c. 1775 catalog of musical merchandise sold by Longman, Lukey and Broderip of London.
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