Hi Eric,

There is a pic of Johan playing the harpa here http://nyckelharpansforum.net/2003b/f50.htm (can't do blue clickies).

It is played with a short boy and has 16 strings in all - three are melody strings and one is a drone. All the rest are sympathetic strings.

Most nyckelharpas now are chromatic.

They sound like a cello in a cathedral.

Cheers
Sarah