Just thought I'd drop a note and say that I will be out of contact for a couple weeks, as today i am moving back to the States from kwajalein Atoll in the...
Greetings from frigid Minnesota (-22F this morning)! I'm Larry Hutchings, a major fan of Bejamin Bagby and Sequentia, and occasional musician/instrument maker....
Hello Larry, Welcome to the group, What model of Lyre are you basing yours on? I ask because That does determine the thickness as does the material. Most of...
Most of the lyres that I've read about seem to have the same hardwood for the body and soundboard - is this typical? Is spruce or cedar ever used for...
Surviving lyres have mostly maple soundboards, The Snape Lyre had Oak while its body was maple, some lyres have the reverse of this. The Sumerian Lyre in...
Thanks Michael, I downloaded your lyre making intro and am getting the itch to try it. I hope you'll post clips of the moraharpa on your website when it's ...
Thanks for the advice, Michael. I had originally planned to use the Sutton Hoo fragments as a starting point, but now I can't resist the more complete...
... wrote: Hello Larry, I'm Ken Rochester a very very new member of the group. I have just received a copy of the Trossingen report ( in German of course a...
Hi, Greetings from Gloucestershire in England where the day has dawned with a hard frost. I'm interested in evidence for stringing. Does the Trossingen Lyre...
The object is a beautiful one, but when I looked into this item before I found the socket to be too small for a tuning pin, even if a metal tuning pin had ever...
... Großkopf? ... The info you need is as follows:- Contact email is:- Regina.Wimmer@... The book details are:- Author: Barbara Theune-Grosskopf Title:...
... <chez.steve@...> wrote: Hi Steve, ... the ... I've wondered the same thing, but I think there are too many variables that can contradict each other's...
I agree with you completely here Tim. I've been looking at the krar images and articles and have made a greek bowl lyre for my son (took about an hour). I...
Hi Richard, glad to see you here. (sorry I've been away from email for a bit, should have done this sooner) Looking forward to playing together again! For...
Speaking of recreationists in that part of the world, are any of you folks familiar with the musical group Krauka? They use the lyre as well as other Very ...
I'm having problems sending e-mail, and I sent the group a message similar to this one yesterday. Apparently it never reached you. If it appears out of...
My wife and I just got back from Pittsburgh, where we went to see Benjamin Bagby's performance of the first third of Beowulf (in Old English with modern...
Greetings Everyone! My name is Aelfric and I started making and playing the Anglo-Saxon Harp in 1996. Since then, I have made 21 harps of various designs. I...
Hello AElfric's harp music is certainly worth checking out. I own several of the harp CD's listed on his webpage and recommend them to anyone interested in...
Hello AElfric's harp music is certainly worth checking out. I own several of the harp CD's listed on his webpage and recommend them to anyone interested in...
Greetings - If you haven't had the opportunity to see Beowulf performed by Benjamin Bagby, accompanying himself on an Anglo-Saxon harp, the DVD is now...
Thanks for that Dvd info!! I will be getting a copy myself soon!! In reply to your question regarding straps, There is quite a bit of evidence that straps of...
Hail Aelfric! You have done a lot of very good work both in building instruments and in putting them to good use. Welcome to the group! What's the URL for your...
As I may have mentioned before, I have had the pleasure seeing Benjamin's Beowulf performance three times, and it was this that inspired me to start building...
... <michaeljking2007@...> wrote: Hi Damon, Michael, ... evidence ... the ... In addition to this, the Taplow lyre has some fittings believed to be associated...
Following the example of Bagby, I've gotten used to the idea of playing seated, with the lyre resting on my left thigh in an upright position, and plucking the...
Speaking of Bagby, he's giving a free concert of Beowulf tonight in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. Wish I could be there! -- Roger...
