Fiolharpa which in Swedish means
a fiddleharp
but is no harp
rather a folk fiddle
with five bowed strings
and twelve more known as sympathetic
that vibrate subtly
when their pitch is played
surrounding every note
with what would seem
a sonic echo
lingering for just a moment
after the notes played with the bow have died
the instrument that's here beside me
arrived yesterday
a year after I'd sent in my request
to master craftsman Enar Magnusson
now it's tuned up and sounds as sweet
and magical as I had hoped
born just a year before me
Maestro Magnusson is coming up on eighty years
how fortunate I am
that he is still creating instruments
whose sound can so delight the ear
and fill the soul