Kortier Pickups

Piezo pickups for individual harp strings

After much experimentation, I have developed a pickup that is specifically suited to amplifying the harp. As I have stated on my Amplifying Your Harp page, most methods of capturing the sound of the harp fall short in some manner. What is needed is a device that captures the vibrations of the strings. The strings carry the full sound of the harp, but they have a very small surface area and don't radiate well enough to be heard directly. To capture these complex vibrations a pickup must be very sensitive to the strings, yet remain relatively insensitive to the "housekeeping sounds" of the harp- pedal movements, tuning wrench noises, the inadvertent bump against the body of the harp, and of course the dreaded feedback. The Kortier harp pickup does all this, and sounds great.

I now offer these pickups as an add-on to any of my harps, making them Acoustic/Electric.