Lyon & Healy
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Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc. is an American musical instrument manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois and is a subsidiary of Salvi Harps. Today best known for concert harps, the company's Chicago headquarters and manufacturing facility contains a showroom and concert hall. George W. Lyon and Patrick J. Healy began the company in 1864 as a sheet music shop. By the end of the 19th century, they manufactured a wide range of musical instruments—including not only harps, but pianos, guitars, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and various brass and other percussion instruments.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | October 14, 1864; 159 years ago (1864-10-14) |
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Headquarters | 168 North Ogden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois , U.S. |
Number of locations | 2 |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Harps |
Number of employees | 135 |
Parent | Salvi Harps |
Website | www |
Today, Lyon & Healy harps are widely played by professional musicians, since they are one of the few makers of harps for orchestral use—which are known as concert harps or pedal harps. Lyon & Healy also makes smaller folk harps or lever harps (based on traditional Irish and Scottish instruments) that use levers to change string pitch instead of pedals. In the 1980s, Lyon & Healy also began to manufacture electroacoustic harps and, later, solid body electric harps.