This teakwood lap harp is slender and graceful, its strings made of silver wire. An engraved design depicting waves and fog graces the wood.

This masterwork harp grants you a +2 circumstance bonus on Perform (string instruments) checks. If you have at least 12 ranks in Perform (string instruments), you can also command it to produce one of three spell effects (control water, mass cure light wounds, or mind fog), each once per day.
If you pick up an Anstruth harp but do not have 12 or more ranks in Perform (string instruments), the instrument bestows one negative level on you, which persists for as long as you hold it. This negative level never results in actual level loss, but it cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells) while the instrument is held.

Lore: A wise and powerful bard named Falataer reportedly created the first of these instruments, which he used to test and reward the students at all seven levels of his bardic college. Others have since copied the designs but honored Falataer by keeping the name Anstruth harp (Knowledge [arcana] or bardic knowledge DC 15).

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, control water, mass cure light wounds, mind fog, bard.
Cost to Create: 16,000 gp (plus 100 gp for base item), 1280 XP, 32 days.