A proper cart is the least expensive thing you will buy for the harp. Strings cost more. Not to mention how much it costs to repair the harp you dropped trying to “make do” with an inferior method. I use the American Harp Cart. There are others as good. Some are better on stairs.

Welcome, Paula!

Be sure to watch the Classified Ads here on Harp Column. Occasionally, someone wants to sell a used harp trolley.

Many years ago when I bought my first pedal harp, I was in your same situation. My sweet wife and I had to carry that heavy harp up and down our front steps to put it in our car. My father-in-law asked us “don’t they have an easier way to transport a harp?” We replied, “yes, but a harp cart is very expensive!” That was in November that year. For Christmas, we got a wonderful harp cart from my wife’s sweet parents, and we have used it for all these years!

Charles, good advice, too!

Best wishes and harp hugs,
Balfour (and Carol Lynn)

I have a Lyon & Healy pedal harp, style 14. I only play outside of my home a few times a year. My father built an inexpensive cart/dolly for me several years before he passed and it has served me well over the years. He made it out of 5/8″ plywood, 20 inch square (angled corners). He attached a swivel roller in each corner. I have help from my husband to move the harp up/down the steps to our house, but other than that, Dad’s version works really well for me and it has met my needs.