French harp

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 23, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Page Stephens wrote:

> I discovered to my surprise the other day that a friend of mine
> with whom I
> play among other things traditional American music did not know what a
> french harp was.
>
> Since I've used this term all of my life I am just curious if
> anyone on
> this list is unfamiliar with it.

i didn't know the term.  AHD says it's South Midland specifically.
what does DARE say?

arnold

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