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A '''harp''' might be one of two [[musical instrument]]s:
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In ''[[NetHack]]'', a '''harp''' is one of two [[musical instrument]]s:
  
* [[Wooden harp]] (2/3 relative probability)
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* [[Wooden harp]] (2/3 probability)
* [[Magic harp]]  (1/3 relative probability)
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* [[Magic harp]]  (1/3 probability)
  
Both cost 50 zm (and weigh 30), so [[price identification]] does not help.
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Both cost 50 zm and weigh 30 [[aum]]. A wooden harp will either play "a lilting melody" (which pacifies [[nymph]]s), or else "twangs". If a harp produces "very attractive music", it is a magic harp instead.
 
 
Wooden will either play "a lilting melody" (which pacifies nymphs) or else it "twangs." If a harp produces "very attractive music" it is a magic harp instead.  
 
  
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
 
 
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A triangular stringed instrument, often Magic.  Even when not
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A triangular stringed instrument, often Magic.  Even when not Magic, a Harp is surprisingly portable and tough and can be carried everywhere on the back of the Bard or Harper in all weathers.  A Harp seldom goes out of tune and never warps. Its strings break only in very rare instances, usually because the Harper is sulking or crossed in love.  This is just as well as no one seems to make or sell spare strings.  
Magic, a Harp is surprisingly portable and tough and can be
 
carried everywhere on the back of the Bard or Harper in all
 
weathers.  A Harp seldom goes out of tune and never warps.
 
Its strings break only in very rare instances, usually
 
because the Harper is sulking or crossed in love.  This is
 
just as well as no one seems to make or sell spare strings.
 
 
{{right-align|[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]}}
 
{{right-align|[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]}}
After breakfast was over, the ogre called out: "Wife, wife,
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bring me my golden harp."  So she brought it and put it on
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After breakfast was over, the ogre called out: "Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp."  So she brought it and put it on the table before him.  Then he said: "Sing!" and the golden harp sang most beautifully.  And it went on singing till the ogre fell asleep, and commenced to snore like thunder.
the table before him.  Then he said: "Sing!" and the golden
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Then Jack lifted up the copper-lid very quietly and got down like a mouse and crept on hands and knees till he came to the table, when up he crawled, caught hold of the golden harp and dashed with it towards the door.  But the harp called out quite loud: "Master!  Master!" and the ogre woke up just in time to see Jack running off with his harp.
harp sang most beautifully.  And it went on singing till the
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|[ Jack and the Beanstalk, from English Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs ]
ogre fell asleep, and commenced to snore like thunder.
 
Then Jack lifted up the copper-lid very quietly and got down
 
like a mouse and crept on hands and knees till he came to the
 
table, when up he crawled, caught hold of the golden harp and
 
dashed with it towards the door.  But the harp called out
 
quite loud: "Master!  Master!" and the ogre woke up just in
 
time to see Jack running off with his harp.
 
|[ Jack and the Beanstalk, from English Fairy Tales,
 
          by Joseph Jacobs ]
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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Latest revision as of 00:14, 9 November 2021

In NetHack, a harp is one of two musical instruments:

Both cost 50 zm and weigh 30 aum. A wooden harp will either play "a lilting melody" (which pacifies nymphs), or else "twangs". If a harp produces "very attractive music", it is a magic harp instead.

Encyclopedia entry

A triangular stringed instrument, often Magic. Even when not Magic, a Harp is surprisingly portable and tough and can be carried everywhere on the back of the Bard or Harper in all weathers. A Harp seldom goes out of tune and never warps. Its strings break only in very rare instances, usually because the Harper is sulking or crossed in love. This is just as well as no one seems to make or sell spare strings.

[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]


After breakfast was over, the ogre called out: "Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp." So she brought it and put it on the table before him. Then he said: "Sing!" and the golden harp sang most beautifully. And it went on singing till the ogre fell asleep, and commenced to snore like thunder.
Then Jack lifted up the copper-lid very quietly and got down like a mouse and crept on hands and knees till he came to the table, when up he crawled, caught hold of the golden harp and dashed with it towards the door. But the harp called out quite loud: "Master! Master!" and the ogre woke up just in time to see Jack running off with his harp.

[ Jack and the Beanstalk, from English Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs ]



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