The 6-string harp used by Benjamin Bagby for his re-created telling of the poem "Beowulf"was built by Rainer Thurau of Wiesbaden, Germany. It is based on the remains of an instrument excavated from a 7th century Alemannic nobleman's grave in Oberflacht, just south of Stuttgart.
Links:
Benjamin Bagby
Rainer Thurau
About Beowulf
Beowulf poem (modern English translation)
