Welcome
Welcome to Harp Inside Out, a website for harpists everywhere! My name is Jacqueline Pollauf and I created this website to organize the many resources I have for the harp, including articles, videos, and my own music publications through Oakway Studios.
As the harp is not a very common instrument, it can be difficult to find information or local experts to turn to with questions. And so, by virtue of being a professional harpist, people everywhere ask me their questions.
Parents of new students might ask me how to tune a harp. A high school orchestra teacher might ask about the difference between a lever and a pedal harp. An intermediate student might come up after a performance and ask if I have any exercises to help them play harmonics more precisely. A composer might ask me questions about writing well for the harp.
Here you can find answers to all of those questions and more. Feel free to click around and explore all of these areas. Hopefully your questions - whether a panicked moment where you need to replace your first broken string or a momentary curiousity about who the harpist Henriette Renié was - will be answered here!