What is a harp but an over-sized cheese-slicer with cutlural pretensions?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This is a humorous and skeptical dismissal of the harp as an instrument with exaggerated dignity.
- In plain terms
- The harp is just a fancy cheese slicer.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not let appearance hide function.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the instrument worth the hype?
- How do you judge tools?
Another view
The harp has unique tonal capabilities beyond its visual oddity.
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