An inline chromatic harp is a

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where the strings for all 12 chromatic notes of the octave are placed in one row (the same way strings are placed on a standard concert harp), as opposed to their being placed in two or three (parallel or crossing) courses. At least one example of a harp with ''two'' parallel inline chromatic courses has also been produced. Single course inline chromatic harps have been produced for at least the past 110 years: in 1902 Karel Weigel of Hanover (Germany) patented a model of inline chromatic harp.Karl Weigel'
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He built at least one 54 string (4 octaves and a fourth) model which is now housed in the

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(Munich). A disadvantage of inline chromatic harps is that

glissandi In music, a glissando (; plural: ''glissandi'', abbreviated ''gliss.'') is a glide from one pitch to another (). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French ''glisser'', "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the co ...

can only be performed chromatically.

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