About

How it all began

Once upon a time it all began with modified IKEA Lack tables. Compared to most furniture
Lack tables simply set the music free. When you stacked them it was worse, but still ok.
It took up a lot of space though!

The idea with Harmonihyllan was to make something that performed as well as the modified IKEA
tables, but was less space demanding. At the time there was no plan to make a high-end product.
That though was 20 years ago!

After several prototypes we ended up with two components:
  • Solid aluminium uprights
  • Solid wood, handcrafted from the start

    We found that parts and materials with a more harmonic resonance character interfered less with
    the music. This is why it is called Harmonihyllan (The harmony shelf). Factory made shelves did
    not sound the same as genuine solid wood that was handcrafted from the start. The same can be
    said for musical instruments!

    Simple isn’t easy..

    Harmonihyllan perhaps looks simple - and it simply improves the music. But the design is not
    simple, and all parts are there for a reason. Harmonihyllan is designed to perform optimally even
    during changes in temperature and humidity. But just as with other furniture, a brand new
    Harmonihylla needs more re-tightening.

    Background for our sister-product Klångedang
    - "The speaker which was 25 years delayed because of Linn"

    Klångendang T1 was launched in connection with Tonläget HiFi in Gothenburg
    celebrating it´s 25th anniversary.

    In fact, if we go back to the mid 80's, the plans were to start a
    HiFi store where my speaker designs were included in the range. But it
    was mostly Linn instead.

    During the past 25 years, there have been some speaker projects, first a kit that we
    called Diro, a budget floorer. A few years ago came Mimer (the name reappeared for shelves), as
    was an extremely well-built floor-standing speaker. This speaker dropped because the drive units
    stopped being manufactured, and we had no "production line"

    Today we have more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing the Harmonihyllan.

    - And I have learned some about vibrations and mechanics on the road,
    we now also have subcontractors who can build speaker boxes.

    The name? - my Grandma and Grandpa's farm was called something like "klångedang"

    Anders Simonsson [ klangedang.com ]