Thanks for the added material to investigate.
There are 49 strings on a harp...
It turns out that a typical model has 47 strings (hmmm). However, a 49-string harp has a name and description that fits right in to the recent messaging about "great" -- the passing of the great Pele (funeral Jan 2-3), and the Hebrew new year blessing for a "pele gadol", a great wonder:
REUS 49 is an innovative extra-large harp that took four years of research and development. Its dimensions were increased in all: height, number of strings (49, down to 7th Oct. A) and the extension of the sound box and soundboard. The initiative for creating this groundbreaking instrument came from a project commissioned to Salvi Harps by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation on behalf of harpist Remy Van Kesteren, who closely followed the development of the harp. REUS 49 is now synonymous for “extra”.
Reus in Dutch is pronounced somewhere between roos and royce, and David hails from Rus (Ruth). On the Dutch wikipedia "Reus", there's David, prevailing over the giant.
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Re US:
The motto for the 49th state (January 3, 1959) is
"North to the Future", and Polaris is the feature star on the flag.
I found the order/locations of the final state memberships interesting in light of "Who knows 50", because
1. 48 = kokav (star, כוכב), and Arizona (hear Eretz Yonah) was the last contiguous state of the Union.
2. 49 is conceptually/traditionally the last gate that man can reach on his own, and AK is attached as a crown on the continent yet separated from the lower 48.
3. 50 is the ultimate "golden" gate of understanding, not accessed by any land route ("HI" is the most isolated archipelago on the planet). Hawaii is the "Aloha" state of arrival, of Shalom... meaning both hello and goodbye.
Earlier today I was reading the fascinating saga about the Massive Antarctic Exploration Vehicle Lost Somewhere at the Bottom of the World, when this grabbed my attention:
After reaching Boston, the Snow Cruiser was loaded onto the North Star and sent south to Antarctica.
It finally arrived in the land it was meant to conquer on January 12, 1940—barely. The wooden ramp built for it to drive off the boat collapsed under its weight, seen in this video...
I figure that while the hope of finding the snow cruiser seems lost, Earnest Shackleton's ship Endurance was found this past March. She has a big star on her stern because she was originally christened Polaris.
Sea Anenome crown roast just sitting there waiting, waving.
One never knows where a star might lead. Columbus sailed west in order to go east, and discovered a whole new world. In this case, going north (up) by heading south is celestial navigation via endurance.
Great day to crisscross the globe.
1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
It's like that giant sign hanging on the wall in Rachel Revere Square in Boston:
"Welcome to the North End, where Italians trace their Roots."