"Your harp will sound the best it can with high quality, tightly and evenly wound Markwood strings."

Finest Quality Harp Strings

Since 1992 we have specialized in fine quality harp strings for all models of lever harps. Our uniquely designed string winding machine stretches the core of our strings, as well as the wrap, resulting in tightly and evenly wound, high quality strings.

We have more than 1500 string charts on file.  This includes lever, folk, Celtic, Irish, historical, Scottish, Welsh, Gothic, lap harps, therapy and healing harps, wire strung, bronze strung, nylon strung, double strung, cross strung, and antique pedals harps.  If we have your harp in our computer files, you can call, and specify maker, model, and strings number.  We'll have the gauges and vibrating lengths on our chart.

If we don't have your particular harp model we will use our computer string program to design a set specifically for you.

We enjoy designing strings for the best sound and feel your harp can have, and problem solving for breakage. Whether you would like low tension, medium tension, high tension we design strings to fit your needs and your folk or lever harp.

Here is what our clients are saying:

"Thanks Laurie!  I appreciate how quickly you met my needs and answered my questions.  You will ALWAYS get my harp string orders."  Patti, Ohio

"The strings are great! The bass strings have a wonderful tension without feeling hard. The nylon strings, particularly the higher ones give a sweet crystal like sound. I don't know if I'm just imaging things, but it seems that your strings allow for a very accurate tuning." Leontine in Greece

"Hello Laurie, You've got one more happy customer!!! The sound is great. Best wishes, Manfred"

"Hi Laurie!  I am thrilled with the strings, and your service is outstanding. Thanks, Jason"

Computerized Stringing Analysis

Computerized Stringing Analysis is one of the unique services we offer. There are a lot of physics that goes into string selection.  Many harpmakers, and players, come to us.

With this service, you tell us the vibrating lengths and the note range of the harp, we input this into the computer which provides guidelines for designing gauges and material that are appropriate for your harp. Using our computerized harp string design analysis program, we design strings that will give you the sound and feel that you desire.

We specialize in harp string problem solving. If you are experiencing excessive string breakage, or feel that some of the strings on your harp are too soft, in tension, or too taut, we can help. We have experience redesigning strings for harps that have been damaged and repaired. Our experience in designing custom harps with gut, nylon, or bronze strings, has taught us a great deal about what type of string material and string tension will sound and feel good, on different kinds of harps.

Please e-mail us for a Computerized Stringing Analysis form.

String Price List

Computerized Stringing Analysis $15.    Cross strung harps, pedal harps, and other instruments $20.    Please request a CSA form.

6" dial caliper - get more use from your monofilaments!   $29.00

Monofilament nylon strings: Music quality Tynex strings, available in  red, blue, black    .025 .028 .032 .036   - $1.00 each
.040 .045 .050  - $2.00 (please specify gauge and color)

.055 .060 - $3.00 each

Bronze strings:
.014-.022 $1.00 each, .025-.040 $2.00 each
(please specify gauge and vibrating length)

red and blue oil markers  $8. each

Wound strings:

nylon/nylon strings  $6. each,  over 40" long $8. each
Strings are wound to vibrating length plus approx 1"
(please specify gauge, vibrating length, and color)

Metal strings: Steel fibre bronze, steel fibre nylon, bronze nylon, bronze fibre nylon and bronze fibre bronze - $9., over 40" long $12. each  (please specify gauge and vibrating length)
Strings are wound to vibrating length plus approx 3".  Silver wound available upon request.  

Fibre core strings:  fibre/bronze, fibre/silver   $12.00 each

Mailing charges: U.S. single strings $4.00, string sets $8.00
Canada $17.00 - Other countries $19.00

String Sets

We have over 1600 strings sets on file. If you don't see your set here, please email us.   String set prices are by the number of wound strings and type of strings determined by the builder.

A note to harp builders: it's always been our policy to not give out your chart string.

String Set Model              Price				String Set Brand           Price				String Set Brand           Price
Aoyama 140 Aoyama 130 Aoyama 120 Aoyama 100 ArgentFox Blessley Songbird Blevins Encore BlevinsCross strung Bostard Harps Bragg Creek Harps Cambria 34C Cambria29C CaswellGaelic 33 CaswellGaelic 31 CaswellGaelic 30 CaswellLapGael29c-c CaswellLapGael27e-c Clark A Clark B Clark C Cunningham Deiner Dilling Single Action Dorman Dalraida36 Dorman Dalraida 38 Dorman Claddagh DormanRossmore/Glynn		$110. $105. $103. $101. $99. $179. $99. $60. $92. $92. $79. $95. $95. $95. $129. $139. $99. 129.		Dusty36 Dusty26 Folkcraft 36 Harlan 30 Heartland HummingbirdMerlin29 HummingbirdLupine Lionwood Bridget Lyon&HealyTroubadours      Mansur 36 MarkwoodKingCourt5 MarkwoodMinstrel Mikel Harps 34 Mikel Harps 22 MountainGlen36 MusicmakerRegency34/36 MusicmakerStudiog-g MusicmakerGothic MusicmakerVoyager PakistanHeather22cc PakistanMeghan Rees Harpsickle Rees Sharpsickle Rees Rick Kemper Robinsons Tara Rydecki 36 Sligo Harps		$109. 95. $69. $99. $109. $102. $124 $29. $109. $109. $32. $79. $119.		Stanley&StanleyVictoria36 Stanley&Stanley29 StoneyEndEvensong StoneyEndLorraine StoneyEndBraunwen StoneyEnd Marion Thormahlen Swan ThormahlenSerenade/Cygnet Timothy Skye TimothyAedh Timothy Llyr Timothy Deirdre Timothy Oisen Timothy Storm King 38 TriplettSignature Triplett Axline30 Triplett Celtic II WaltonBrianBoru28 WebsterCecelia Westover Harps WitcherCeltic32 g-c WitcherMiniCelt25gc WoldsongShawnaE Woldsong Southwind Woldsong Victoria 38 WoodsongFluerette27 WoodsongFluerette33		$129. $69. $89. $59. $89. $109. $125. $74. $69. $29. $119. $115. $109. $169. $115. $79. $109. $106. $95. $149. $69. $99.

String Installation Guide

You may click on this link above to see our string installation guide. As a service to the harp community, we offer a Harp String Installation Guide free to all harpers in the entire world.  

How To Order

Just phone, fax, or e-mail us at mwstrings@markwoodstrings.com. We take payment in the form of checks, Visa or MasterCard. Please be sure to include your mailing address when contacting us.

 In addition to supplying the harp community with the highest quality harp strings and cases, we have been building one-of-a-kind custom harps (Mountain Glen Harps LLC), for twenty years, and harp kits (Cambria Harp Kits), since 1982. To find out more about our Harp Kits, or our Custom One-Of-A-kind Harps, please click on the links above.