W e use only the highest-grade woods for our harps. They are available in Cherry, Walnut, Maple, and Bubinga. Each of these woods have a different sound or "voice." The tonal difference between each wood
is slight, while the variation in each of the following models is assorted. Once you decide on the model, we always suggest getting the wood that you like to look at since all Triplett Harps have a complete sound. Walnut and cherry tend to reverberate like each other, being warm and full while maple, in a larger harp, can have more sustain and projection, and bubinga is mellow and well rounded. After saying that, there are some harps that will confuse this theory...that is why you should always pick what you like to look at! We do not veneer or laminate our necks and bodies of the instrument; they are all solid hardwoods. Our FineLine instruments have a soundboard constructed of 1/3 cedar and 2/3 spruce which makes up the core, to which we add a veneer of hardwood for the top, thus producing a composite structure. We then finish the process by tapering the soundboard.

      T he examples shown are of hardwood veneers which can be used on the instruments that have composite soundboards.  We re-cut all of our wood at the factory. Therefore, veneers on the soundboard and the wood of the bodies and necks match perfectly since they are all sliced out of the same tree. We can then "book match" the front, back and sides of the instrument for superior beauty and aesthetic balance.