Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp los ntawm Joris Beets

Qhov qauv tsim Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp los ntawm Joris Beets yog tus yeej muaj nqis heev ntawm qhov khoom plig 2023 A' Design Award Nyiaj hauv Pawg Sib Tw Tsim Cuab Yeej Ntaus Nkauj.

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Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp

los ntawm Joris Beets

Tus Neeg Siv: Joris Beets Design

Tus Yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj hauv Pawg Cuab Yeej Ntaus Nkauj

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Qhov Tsim

Txog Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp

Harp-E yog lub ntiaj teb cov khoom siv tau zoo tshaj plaws hauv qib electro-acoustic harp. Nrog rau kev ua tiav cov qauv rov xav dua thiab rov tsim dua tshiab, cov khoom siv qub qub, nyuaj thiab cov neeg tseem ceeb tau dhau los ua ib qho yooj yim, elegant, tiaj-pob, nws tus kheej-assembly instrument. Txhua yam koj xav tau rau kev sib dhos yog tus yuam sij hex. Nws yog txoj kev hloov pauv, ua rau txhua tus neeg thiab chaw, los ntawm cov chav kawm mus rau kev ua koob tsheej. Tag nrho cov khoom tawg yooj yim yog sandwiched hauv cov ncej khov kho; Harp-E yog portable, stackable, customizable, wearable, adjustable, thaum boasting superior suab, hlua thiab electronics, tag nrho ntawm ib feem ntawm tus nqi thiab qhov hnyav.

Qhov Lees Paub

Txog A' Design Award Nyiaj

Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Harp E Electro Acoustic Harp yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

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Cov credit, cov neeg pab thiab cov ntsiab lus kev txawj ntse muab los ntawm tus tsim.

Yam Tshwj Xeeb: It’s the world’s most affordable, professional grade electro-acoustic harp. The ancient and complicated instrument was completely redesigned from scratch into a simple, elegant, flat-pack, self-assembly instrument. Some call it the people's harp. A complete structural rethink makes it a paradigm shift: all fragile parts are sandwiched inside the sturdy frame; Harp E is portable, stackable, adjustable, while boasting superior strings and electronics - all at a fraction of the price and weight.
Qhov Loj & Ntim: Harp E has 24 SilkGut strings 5C-2E, fully levered. Width 48cm x Depth 7cm x Height 87cm. The stand fully nests inside the frame, everything fits into the carrier bag of the same dimensions. Harp 3.6kg, stand 1.2kg. Adjustable to 3 heights: 87, 101 and 115cm. The single, self-shielding sensor avoids low hums and spans all strings. The smart preamp ensures high signal-to-noise ratio, zero latency and full compatibility with any effects, stage amps and studio equipment, powered by a 9V battery.
Cov Ntsiab Lus: Music, instrument, harp, education, DIY, self-assembly, democratization, inclusive design, electro-acoustic, electric harp
Thev Naus Laus Zis Tsim Khoom: The core of the design is a revolutionary lever system, reducing hundreds of metal parts down to just two, with the rest CNC-ed out of the same sheet of beech plywood as the frame, like a near-wasteless jigsaw. Sandwiching the strings inside two thin frame halves, held together by standard stainless steel fasteners, allows for less wood and higher string tension. This and the custom designed pickup and preamp system, immune to EMI and with perfect frequency response, result in a superior sound.
Kev Sib Tw Tsim Qauv: A hundreds of years old status quo of harp levers was they were either good and very expensive or cheaper but poor quality. Simply put, harpists and teachers wanted a minimum of 24 strings, fully levered and of the right quality, but target cost price made that impossible. That was tackled by integrating all individual levers into a single mechanism with an entirely different working principle (changing the string tension instead of length to change the pitch), a shot in the dark, but it worked!
Kev Tshawb Fawb: Throughout the project we observed, interviewed, surveyed, co-created and tested 9 rounds of prototypes with: teachers, students, parents, maintenance, harpists and would-be harpists, assembly volunteers, school managers. Varying from group to 1:1, lab-based to contextual ethnographic (e.g. in classrooms) or quantitative (surveys), to fully understand the complex and contradicting web of requirements, deep insights that allowed design decisions making the harp both functional and desirable to all.
Kev Txhawb Siab: Triggered by a charity telling him about the absence of affordable, quality harps for the thousands of students they aim to provide with instruments of their choice, we went on a mission to democratize the harp. Between a violin, a flute and a harp, many children choose the harp: it’s intuitive, embracing and immediately sounds good. But today harps are dissuasively expensive, thus remain elitist and produced in small numbers - which maintains their price high. Harp-E breaks this cycle.
Lub Sij Hawm Ua Hauj Lwm: The project started in 2019 when Dutch charity Het Leerorkest challenged us, who had just taken the harp world by storm with his Delta harp, to design an affordable, professional grade harp. Harp E was designed between London and Amsterdam. The first 10 prototypes were shown on Dutch National television with 300 more crowdfunded by the charity. Harp E was presented at the World Harp Congress in July 2022. Now also available D2C online, it is played by children and adults worldwide.
Txheej Txheem Ua Hauj Lwm: Harp E arrives as a DIY kit with an assembly manual and can be put together with just a standard Allen key. It’s easy to customize with paint, hacks or mirroring the entire harp for the left handed, a world first.
It can be played on its height adjustable stand or worn like a guitar, acoustically or amplified by simply plugging it into a small amp setup, a smartphone, or a professional PA system. This offers a world of interaction modes and sound possibilities, imagine a harp with guitar effects!
Cov Patent: Patented. PCT/GB2022/000024. Joris Beets Design. 2022. United Kingdom, worldwide.
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