French harp
Example Sentences
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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
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 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
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
When I play a French harp, she will cry and act very sad.
From Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
