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. 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. 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. Healy began the company in 1864 as a sheet music shop. Today best known for concert harps, the company's Chicago headquarters and manufacturing facility contains a showroom and concert hall. is an American musical instrument manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois and is a subsidiary of Salvi Harps.
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