A full lever harp, handcrafted from solid wood – birch soundboard for exceptional sound and strength. A quality harp at a great price for the student harpist, the Roosebeck Pixie Harp has 19 DuPont hard nylon strings that range from F below Middle C to High C, and it has 19 sharpening levers.

47 strings

The most common number of strings for lever or Celtic harps is 34. This will allow you to play a wide range of music and is also the accepted number of strings for most exam boards. A 34-string harp can take you all the way from beginner to advanced.

Lever harps come in a variety of sizes with two options – lap harps and floor harps. Smaller harps tend to be lap harps, with are very transportable and can be played on the lap. Larger lever harps are floor harps, as they sit on the floor and you lean the harp against your shoulder.

The shade should be twice as wide as the lamp base, and one third of the total height of the lamp. So for a 6-inch lamp base, the shade should be at least 12 inches wide. And if the total height of the lamp (including the bulb and harp) is 24 inches, the shade should be 8 inches tall.

A lamp harp is the component of a lamp to which the lamp shade is attached. It typically comes in two separate parts, a saddle which is fastened under the lamp socket, and the harp itself which consist of a lightweight frame attached to the saddle at its lower end and extending upwards to a point above the bulb.

Typically, your table lamp should be no more than 1 ½ times the height of the table it will set on and the lamp shade should never be larger than the table. When sitting next to a table lamp the bottom of the shade should be at eye level height. If your new lamp is too tall you’ll be blinded by the bulb.

Guidelines for determining which Harp Lamp Shade to select

1. Height of Lamp Shade: approximately 2/3 rds height of lamp-base. (
2. Bottom-diameter of Lamp Shade: approximately 1”-2” less than lamp-base height.
3. Lamp shade proportions should reflect lamp base proportions.

The harp attaches to the lamp base, and the spider fitting sits on top of the harp and is often secured with a finial that screws onto the top of the harp. Lamps often come with the correct harp included. Note: this type of shade is usually built into the design of the lamp, and is not always easily replaceable.

The table lamp should be tall enough for the bottom of the lampshade to come to the eye level of the person seated beside it. This will provide the best light without glare from the bulb. Bedside lamps should be in proportion to the bedside table and typically 19 to 21 inches from the top of the mattress.

You can now easily attach a harp to a lamp without one. The opening on this adapter is 1 9/16 Inches. A plastic washer (ring) is needed to hold the adapter tightly in place.

How To Use an Uno Shade with a Harp & Finial Lamp

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2. Unscrew the finial and then squeeze the harp to remove it.
3. Pop the socket itself apart.
4. Remove the top portion of the socket to reveal wire connections.
5. Thread the wire through the ring of the uno shade and then through the socket cup.

1. Spider Fitter Shades. The spider lamp shade is the most common type of fitter for table and floor lamp shades. Spider fitters sit atop the lamp’s harp (the U-shaped metal part of a lamp that fits around and protects the light bulb). Once placed on top of the harp, spider fitters are secured to the lamp by a finial.

UNO fitter

An uno lamp shade is a type of shade that fits onto a lamp socket with an uno fitter. The uno fitter has arms radiating outward attached to the inside edges of the shade that support a hollow round piece that slides over the socket.

An UNO fitter is a large threaded ring in the middle of the fabric shades top tripod. It is designed to thread onto UNO sockets. UNO sockets have the same matching thread on their socket shell. The most common application for this type of shade and holder is the bridge arm floor lamp.