ouglas Harp Co.
In 1919 concert harpist
Mildred Dilling, 1895-1983, a
founding member of the
American Harp Society,
conceived the idea for an
improved set of tuning levers
and thus was born the Dilling
Single-Action lever system
for swiftly re-tuning a harp
using either hand.
In 1981, Arsalaan Douglas Fay
was chosen to produce harps
for Ms. Dilling due to his
knowledge and skill in
woodworking, both in design
and craftsmanship.
The Douglas Joy harp was named “Joy” in honor of
Jocelyn Joy Chang, 1951-2010, the largest supporter
of this Celtic-style instrument after Mildred Dilling.
Ms. Chang had many new pieces composed
specifically for this instrument.
Sitewide, please click on any photo to enlarge
For a more-thorough history of the Dilling and Douglas Joy
model harps, please click HERE for the story by Joyce Rice
LEFT: The Egan Royal Portable
was what Ms. Dilling used for
inspiration in designing a new
Portable with a better key-
change option (single-action,
ABOVE and RIGHT in detail).
Fine-Crafted Harps with or without the revolutionary Dilling Single-Action Levers
