On one side - Haarnack and bears the address - 35, Berners Street, Cavendish Square
and on the other side a Royal coat of arms and the number.

I believe the Haarnacks'first workshop was in Berners Street but as the work grew they used premises in Newman street as well.

In the 1860s they moved into shop and workshop in Charlotte Street and by the 1880s this was the only one in use.

We might therefore conclude that harps with a Berners Street Address were made somewhere between 1830 and 1870 and were the earlier harps to be made.

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An article about the Haarnack family and their harps has been published on The Harp spectrum
The Oldest Working Harp Maker in the World
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Research and copyright by Moira Bonnington.
First published on 29th August 2001.Last Updated 1st April ,2002