Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Æolian Harp

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​Æolian harp, named from Æolus, god of the wind, a musical instrument consisting of cat-gut strings stretched over a wooden sound-box. When exposed to a current of air, the strings produce a variety of pleasing harmonic sounds in strange succession and combustion.

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