DAILY RENTALS FROM HARPWORLD MUSIC COMPANY
to harpists visiting the Los Angeles area.
Updated May 31, 2023. Contact for updated availability and terms.
For concerts, recording sessions,
your cousin coming from out of state to play at your wedding, or other events:
we deliver and pick up a professional quality harp in the Los Angeles area
for less than it would cost to ship your harp from out of state.

wedding rental
a visiting relative plays a Harpworld harp for a lovely wedding in Malibu.
Note the required SHADE UMBRELLA!! 

Please note... the harps listed here as DAILY rentals
are not 'student' harps or 'prop' harps.   

THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL HARPS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROFESSIONAL USE,
and must be treated as such. 
Joanna Newsom with Harpworld harp
Joanna Newsom plays a Harpworld harp (Venus Paragon)
on Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show, August 2010

Please contact Harpworld for availability and terms.
Rentals to Los Angeles area only, will not ship.
Renter assumes responsibility for damage.
An insurance certificate naming Harpworld as the loss payee, or a significant security deposit, is required.
FATM
above: Tom Moth plays a Harpworld harp (Lyon & Healy Electric)
in Florence and the Machine concert at Coachella, 2015. We do not
provide delivery outside the Los Angeles area; experienced and professional
cartage companies
may be allowed to move a harp in its hard case
(cargo van required).
(A pedal harp in the hard case is about 200 pounds, over 6 and a half feet tall.)

above: Destiny Muhammad plays a Harpworld harp (Lyon & Healy Electric)
at Kanye West event, 2019

past rental clients include:
--iSELA Entertaimnent for Kanye West events
--singer/songwriter/harpist Joanna Newsom (for concerts, television appearances & recording);
--Jazz harpist Cindy Horstman (for concerts);
--Ardani Artists Management (for the Kirov Opera at the Orange County Performing Arts Center);
--Celtic harpist Julie Mondin (for recording);
--Grammy-winning ensemble PARTCH (for recording)
--Poladian Concert Artists (for Ray Conniff concerts);
--The Polyphonic Spree (for recording);
--Gospel harpist Jeffmajors (for concerts and television appearances)
--Florence and the Machine (for concerts and television appearances)

PEDAL HARPS for daily rental 

Lyon & Healy gilded 20 antique harp (thumbnail) Antique (1916), gilded "Lyon & Healy Model 20" Semi-Grand pedal harp:
45 strings (D to F), straight soundboard, 70 inches (5 ft 10 inches) tall, gilded wood
If used outdoors, this harp must be in FULL shade at ALL times and must be on a flat, solid surface.

Venus Paragon concert grand harp

2003 Venus Paragon Concert Grand pedal harp,47 strings (C to G), extended soundboard,
74 inches (6 ft 2 inches) tall.
If used outdoors, this harp must be in FULL shade at ALL times and must be on a flat, solid surface.


Lyon & Healy electric pedal harp thumbnail Lyon & Healy Electric Semi-Grand pedal harp,
46 strings (low D to high G), straight soundboard, 70.75 inches (5 ft 10.75 in.) tall. A pickup on every string, 2 quarter-inch jacks out (1 overall harp sound, and 1 bass boost). For indoor concerts and recording sessions only, may not be used outdoors. The acoustic sound is very soft, it's meant to be amplified. Road case available.

Diplomat Venus Diplomat Concert Grand Pedal Harp,
47 strings (low C to high G), extended soundboard, 6 ft 2 inches tall.
If used outdoors, this harp must be in FULL shade at ALL times and must be on a flat, solid surface.
Road case available.



LEVER HARPS 

Allegro harpAllegro lever harp, full levers, 26 nylon strings, 39" without legs, 51" tall with legs.


Triplett wire-strung Celtic harpTriplett Irish Style Wire-Strung harp, 30 wire strings (C two octaves below middle C, to D) with blade levers on every string, walnut wood, 50 inches tall (4 ft 2 in.)
For indoor concerts and recording sessions only, may not be used outdoors.
 
Dusty Strings FH36 harp Walnut Wood Dusty Strings FH36B nylon-strung Celtic harp,
36 strings (nylon and composite) (C to C), Loveland levers on every string, 55 inches tall (4 ft.7in.)
If used outdoors, must be in full shade and on a flat, level surface.

Rees AberdeenRees Aberdeen Celtic harp, 36 strings (nylon and composite) (C to C), levers on every string, 55 inches tall (4 ft 7 inches). For indoor concerts and recording sessions only, may not be used outdoors.


Mountain Glen Sullivan HarpWalnut wood Mountain Glen Sullivan harp, 55.5 inches (4 ft 7 in.) tall, 36 strings, levers on every string, beautiful scrolls carved at top and bottom of column.
If used outdoors, must be in full shade and on a flat, level surface.


Ardivaltiny wire strung harpArdival Kilcoy wire-strung harp, 23 inches tall, 19 strings, no levers, ancient Celtic 'clarsach' style.



autoharpautoharp Late 60's to early '70's vintage autoharp, 36 strings, 15 chords, 23 inches tall.

lyrelyre in useBiblical or Grecian style lyre (or 'kinnor'), 10 strings, 19.5 inches tal

contact us for availability and terms.

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