Camac Harps (Les Harpes Camac) is a French company that manufactures pedal (concert) harps, lever (folk) harps, and electric pedal and lever harps. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. Camac was founded by Joël Garnier (d. 2000) in 1972.
They are known for their innovations in harp manufacture, including using steel aircraft cables instead of solid pedal rods and using carbon fibre for the column instead of all wood, resulting in a concert grand pedal harp that weighs 8 - 10 kg less than traditionally constructed pedal harps. The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. Their pedal harp mechanism is also designed to be regulated easily by the harpist themselves instead of having to be sent to a professional harp workshop.
Camac is also well known for its electric harps. Like Electric guitars electric harps are based on their acoustic originals, and there are both solid body and electro-acoustic models It produces solid-body electric lever harps with 31 and 36 strings, and electro-acoustic pedal harps.
They are noted for finishing harps in unusual, non-traditional colours, such as blue, green, and pink.
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