Our plans for this past weekend got sidetracked several weeks ago when we found out that Benjamin Bagby would be performing Beowulf in Kansas City (just a 4...
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J Coffman
emmrikus
Mar 2, 2009 12:58 am
Congrats Chris and girls, Sounds like a dream come true for craftsmen of any age. Emmerich...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 2, 2009 1:27 am
Your report on Benjamin and his generosity of spirit reflects my own experiences. After seeing him do Beowulf for the first time about ten years ago, I decided...
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Kazimierz Verkmastare
cnogy
Mar 2, 2009 3:22 am
It is OK, occasionally, to realize that just cash on the ledger sheets, while enough to get by on, is really underpayment, and that providing a little bit...
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nnaeve
Mar 2, 2009 4:07 am
Your story moved me to tears. Unfortunately I'm too wrapped up in my own Beowulf to comment further...but thanks! Niki ... sheets, while enough to get by on,...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 2, 2009 4:09 am
BTW: The dvd is available on amazon.com Larry M Beowulf (2006)*Starring:* Benjamin ...
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Kazimierz Verkmastare
cnogy
Mar 2, 2009 1:15 pm
I copied it to a thumb drive that I have with me at all times, I watch it regularly - it is the best Beowulf I think I have ever seen. And amazing enough, no...
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michael king
michaeljking...
Mar 2, 2009 1:34 pm
What a wonderful story Chris, sounds like a really fantastic day, Aside from 'that' movie version there was a cartoon of beowulf that had Dr Graeme...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Mar 2, 2009 2:18 pm
Michael, I remember that I think, about 10 years ago, done by Welsh Channel 4? By a team of Russian animators, broadcast at Xmas. I videotaped it but the tape...
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michael king
michaeljking...
Mar 2, 2009 2:45 pm
Hello Simon, You are right it was Welsh Channel 4, a joint venture with Russia , that was what I needed to find it at amazon, http://tinyurl.com/aq7tga Its...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Mar 3, 2009 1:10 pm
... <michaeljking2007@...> wrote: Hey guys, Even I, (in backwards Australia) know what you're talking about! I've had that show on tape for _YEARS_: an amazing...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 3, 2009 3:12 pm
While we're on the subject, don't forget John Gardner's excellent novel, "Grendel"... Lavrans...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Mar 4, 2009 1:36 am
Mike wrote [[I just uploaded photos of the construction process and end result of my new lyre.]] ** Great pics Mike! Its lovely! ... Yngona...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Mar 4, 2009 1:40 am
Chris wrote [[About halfway through the visit, he finally picked up the new Trossingen (he had no idea it was made for him) and started playing it. He spend...
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Mike Durling
vonneusohl
Mar 4, 2009 1:50 am
Thanks Yngona and thanks to everybody else who commented. I've been having a lot of fun playing around with it, although the "music" can best be described as...
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L.M.
lavransrm
Mar 4, 2009 2:16 am
It's always great to see a set of photos like this and compare ideas. Thanks for sharing this with us. I too discovered the advantage of using a large piece...
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Mike Durling
vonneusohl
Mar 4, 2009 2:37 am
Hey Larry, Actually you were the source of the plexiglass idea. I got that from the PDF that you posted in the archives here. Like I said, most of the ideas...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 4, 2009 3:53 am
No wonder it looked familiar! ;=)> Larry...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Mar 9, 2009 9:24 pm
Is it: -liar, -leer-a, -lair-a, -lah-ra or some other? ... Yngona...
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sca_bard@...
sca_bard
Mar 9, 2009 9:36 pm
According to Mirriam-Webster: Pronunciation: \ˈlī(-ə)r\ There's a WAV file of someone saying the word at: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyre ...
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Doug Saball
dr_douglittle
Mar 9, 2009 9:47 pm
When I pluck mine it sounds more like a harp - never hear it make a sound like this URL (LOL ;-P I just has too).. Â Doug ... From: sca_bard@......
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Mar 9, 2009 9:58 pm
lyre, rhyming with fire as much as liar the original name hearpe is much nicer, but too confusing since it became associated primarily with a triangular...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 10, 2009 12:41 am
LI-er Sort of Lavrans...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Mar 10, 2009 2:32 pm
... Hi all, ... English 'lyre' is from ancient Greek /lyra/, which referred to a bowl lyre. Bowl lyres have a round soundbox and a 'soundboard' typically made...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Mar 10, 2009 4:30 pm
Great stuff Tim 2 little flies to stick in your ointment though... In Latin they would surely write Cithara with a C... This is a wholely unsatisfactory word...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Mar 11, 2009 2:34 pm
Good posts from Michael, Tim and Simon! Keep it up .. please .. because this is the direction I was wanting to go in. To learn more about such matters. ...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Mar 11, 2009 2:49 pm
... Hi Simon, You made some interesting points. ... True mate, but these days I think the spelling 'kithara' is more usual. And so translations of the...
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Jan-Ellen Harriman
jan4ellen
Mar 12, 2009 11:27 am
Hi Michael & all, I'm working on an essay on construction of different lyres and need to find a description of the Cologne/St. Severin's lyre. Is there an...
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Roger Muma
mumaharps
Mar 13, 2009 6:41 pm
Hi, I'm new to the group. Just wondering if anyone has tried other sound board materials for saxon lyres, particularly sitca spruce... Coming from harp making...
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LM
lavransrm
Mar 13, 2009 9:24 pm
I have used spruce for some of my other instrument projects- a fiddle, a talharpa and a citole- and I'm considering a spruce sound board for a lyre. I had to...
