Why are Sandpiper harps designed with low tension?
A. Our first harps were Paraguayan harps, which traditionally have low tension(compared to a pedal harp). After realizing that a harp with low tension can, in fact, produce more volume than a higher tensioned instrument, it made sense to follow that philosophy. A lower tension harp does not require a heavy wood structure to take the tension, and the result is a harp that weighs less,and has more sound volume because the soundboard is free to vibrate.
