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Halambar Lutes & Harps

As its name suggests, this shop primarily sells lutes and harps, but also carries stringed instruments of all kinds from around Faerûn, including Amnian lyres and the Mintarn twostring.

Its wares are costly; regular instruments—typically small and plain and made by Halambar's apprentices or bought secondhand—cost a few hundred gold pieces, while Halambar's own work rarely sells for under a thousand dragons. His lutes produced a distinctive mellow sound, though how he achieves this particular effect is a closely-guarded trade secret. The store also sells similarly expensive enchanted jewel cases and snuff boxes that, when opened, played a single short tune.

A popular local story holds that Halambar Lutes & Harps stands where Olamn, the original bardic college of Waterdeep, stood centuries before.