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...
I perform with mine several times a year, in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). (We have a 19-month old toddler whose mountain of baby-gear dwarfs...
Carol Wood is a PhD in medieval literature and a harper. She's previously published the Chaucer Songbook, to good reviews. Her latest book is "Saxon...
Hi all, Well, I finally got around to uploading a few pictures of the Sutton Hoo Lyre made by Jay Witcher. It is the same length and with of the original...
Hi All, Sine I received my Sutton Hoo Lyre I have been more intent on finding other stringed instruments from the time period. Jay Witcher suggested I search...
Hello! It is a useful if older text, and has some decent stuff in it. I've used it in my own research on rebecs and medieval viols. Also of interest for...
OMG! I rarely pipe up, but I just had to send out a Thank you! What a great poem (and illustration)! It's is just the kind of thing I've been looking...
Gretings Lavrans, Could I use your poem at a Viking Demo next month? (SnoCon Orono ME Jan. 17th gamming convention). I was thinking of playing my lyre similar...
Hi Larry; Thanks for the message and your interest. Strings are twisted horsehair - it's a brown and grey hair called "salt and pepper". I get it from...
Welcome to the forum Jim, thanks for the link to your festive video!! With my own own Bowed Lyres I had some bad luck with a bulk pack of dark horse hair I...
The video is GREAT.  & I have been thinking about how horse hair was used for string. My wife has 4 horses and I think I can get the hair.  Doug ... ...
Okay, so how does one go about making horse hair string? My wife has 4 horses and I can get the tails with various colors. Is it just twisted together? About...
I understand that this topic is discussed in Rauno Nieminen's jouhikko book but I have not seen it. I did get useful info from Corwen's website when the...
If I had read the reference I posted a bit more closely I would have seen that bleached bow hair has lower tensile strength than unbleached hair. So it seems...
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