The Concert Harp for Pianoteq is physically modelled after a Salvi concert grand harp. The concert harp possesses 47 strings attached to a soundboard, and is played with the fingertips of the first four fingers with both hands. Since there are no damped strings during playing, the harp has a special magical sound which the Pianoteq technology manages to capture with astonishing authenticity.
The Celtic harp is the new addition to the Harp instrument pack. You have surely heard Celtic harps in folk music as well as in earlier classical music and contemporary new-age. Celtic harps used to be strung with wire or gut but is nowadays also strung with nylon (used in this virtual physical model) which brings a softer and more delicate sound. (Requires Pianoteq 6.6.0 or higher)
Both harps allows to play pinch harmonics (flageolets) and glissandos. They include a diatonic mode with seven pedals to change the pitch of the strings and play in all keys.
