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...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 1, 2008 2:47 pm
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...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 1, 2008 3:53 pm
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...
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Dec 1, 2008 3:54 pm
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...
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Charles Anderson
charlesian2000
Dec 2, 2008 1:20 am
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...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 2, 2008 2:24 am
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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sca_bard@...
sca_bard
Dec 2, 2008 12:03 pm
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...
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sca_bard@...
sca_bard
Dec 2, 2008 12:43 pm
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...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 8, 2008 3:45 pm
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...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 10, 2008 8:03 pm
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...
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pbutler@...
pcbutler1701
Dec 10, 2008 8:39 pm
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...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 10, 2008 8:49 pm
Thanks! I'm sure this will inspire me to make more instruments, and even accurately... Larry the M...
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Charles Anderson
charlesian2000
Dec 10, 2008 9:16 pm
Archive is a great place, too big for one person to ever find everything in it that may be of relevance to them ;-) CIA...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 19, 2008 4:07 pm
Season's Greetings to all- here's to a Good New Year! Lavrans...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 19, 2008 4:13 pm
Good Yule! Lavrans...
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Cynthia Kohut
rowynntree
Dec 19, 2008 6:34 pm
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...
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Cynthia Kohut
rowynntree
Dec 19, 2008 6:39 pm
Ummm, would you happen to have sheet music for this as well? Rowynn ... From: LM <lavransrm@...> Subject: [Anglo_Saxon_Lyres] Oops- let's try that...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 19, 2008 7:00 pm
The illustration is by the Swedish Artist John Bauer and the poem is by me. Glad you like it! Lavrans...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 22, 2008 10:17 pm
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...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 23, 2008 12:19 am
I would be honored! I, too, play the lyre BB style... Lavrans...
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chamaemorus
Dec 28, 2008 7:31 pm
Hi All: I just joined this group too late to send you all Christmas Greetings, but never mind, there is still the New Year: ...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 28, 2008 8:22 pm
Ho, Ho and Ho! Well done! Now: what are your strings made of? What is your tuning? Larry M...
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chamaemorus
Dec 28, 2008 8:38 pm
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...
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Dec 28, 2008 9:24 pm
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...
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LM
lavransrm
Dec 28, 2008 9:59 pm
You get a very good sound- I too have used horsehair, but with mixed results. Thanks! Larry...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 28, 2008 10:07 pm
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 ... ...
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J Coffman
emmrikus
Dec 29, 2008 3:41 pm
It was still a lot of fun. James...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Dec 30, 2008 6:40 pm
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...
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chamaemorus
Dec 30, 2008 11:27 pm
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...
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chamaemorus
Dec 30, 2008 11:38 pm
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...
