Okay, I know this has been talked about, but I was unable to find what I am looking for in the messages. I am trying to finish the German rote/lyre kit I have...
Hello Doug, There are a number of factors to consider, scale length for one but for me the question to ask first is what is your lyre made from? As the...
Hello Anthony Thanks so much for posting this! Indeed, setting up a crwth is difficult, and playing it too... I've owned one for about sixth months, and after...
Hi Michael, I was told that the lyre was from a German style, and called a rote because it has wire strings (yes my ignorance is showing here). As I mentioned...
Howdy Doug, I'm using steel guitar strings in the following gauges on one of my lyres. These are just single strings purchased from a local shop... can't...
Michael, Unfortunately I don't have a photo of my violetta and it's on permanent loan to the rebec player in my group. Taking photos of the instrument...
Thank you all for the advice on the strings. I have learned a lot from this list. I hope this winter to start setting up a room in my house as a shop so I...
Well my Russian is pretty bad however I did find some folks having a bit of fun, and (oh man)one guy pulls a Jouhikko right our of the grass and starts...
Any suggestions for strings for a crwth? I recently finished making one and have been messing with different strings (all nylon) with some success, but very...
Thanks for posting that, James. The jouhikko and hurdy-gurdy sound good together! The first instrument (with the double reed) looks and sounds like a Breton...
Well, that was well worth my time to download (on dialup, it took close to an hour)! Thanks for posting it! Was it just me or did that jouhikko have three...
Greetings all! I have made a few 6 stringed Lyres and now I'm working on a 7 string Lye! I used the basic 2 nylon G, B, E strings, what is a good 7th string? ...
Hello Terry, What scale length do you have? which tuning are you looking for? Classical guitar nylon strings come in different thicknesses, so you can...
Hey! Well I just used D'Addario classic normal tension nylon strings on the Lyres I have made so far.. with good results... so on a 7 stringed Lyre with 2...
I would say try an augustine low tension g string (blue set I think) If you are starting your scale at Bb then your Some of the Norwegian Lyre players are...
Are you adding the string at the top or the bottom of the range? If I was building a 7 string, I would probably add the low octave under a hexachord tuning...
Howdy! While we're on the subject of seven strings... I have a 7-string lyre (playable string length 19" to 21") that is currently strung with nylon guitar...
Hey! My good friend Chris Henriksen runs a business called Boston Catlines. < catlines@...> If you email him with the string length and pitch you want for...
Hi Lary, Thanks for the lead on the strings. Boston's only about 3 hours south of me & occasionally I have performances at Ren Faires in the area. I hope to...
Howdy Larry thanks much! That should definitely help. I'll give Chris a call later today. Any chance you might repost his email? I think Yahoo is scrubbing it...
Yesterday I picked up my Sutton Hoo Lyre from Jay Witcher - it is marvelous! It is made of maple with a spruce sound board, birds-eye maple tail piece, and...
... <dr_douglittle@...> wrote: Hi Doug, ... There are many (partial) remains of lyres from northern Europe, and many of them can't be securely dated. But most...
Hello Doug, the change in burial practice is the reason for the lack of complete instruments after these dates Tim has given, I think after the transition to...
Hey all: My research has led me to this 13th century depiction of a lyre from Norway. I've built several in this shape, with the only problem being that if I...
Hi Larry, & all; I am familiar with this carving. I think some one on this list made a lyre with a copy of the carving on the back. The Saga of Sugrid is one...
Hello all, re: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E5BMEMxsv-A I uploaded this to youtube on Friday night,Its the video showing the making and fitting of the...
Anyone ever tell you, you sound a bit like Alan Rickman? Handy video by the way. The first attempt at the bronze bridge was a tad nasty, I am going to attempt...
Doug: This is exactly the sort of thing I love to see us doing with what we've learned! I've done presentations of Hialmar's Death Song, accompanying myself...
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