Of course there is such a thing as a tromba marina! There are lots of later ones in museums (in Germany anyway) and lots of medieval iconography as well. But ...
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niki naeve
nnaeve
Oct 12, 2009 4:46 pm
Wow! No, I haven't! What do you know about this picture? -Niki...
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wernerbuchin
Oct 12, 2009 5:11 pm
It´s a part of this one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piero_di_Cosimo_039.jpg Best wishes Werner...
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peter
pucebody
Oct 12, 2009 7:41 pm
Obviously not fantasy then. peter...
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Charles Anderson
charlesian2000
Oct 13, 2009 7:06 am
Still could be fantasy ;-) CIA...
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vikingtimbo
Oct 13, 2009 2:56 pm
... Simon, Ssssshhhhh! It's meant to be a secret! If you're not careful you'll have us all banned from our order - the "Sacred Order of Musical Idiots". On...
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vikingtimbo
Oct 15, 2009 3:05 pm
Hi, I'm glad my lyre doesn't look (or sound) like this one - but each to his own I suppose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1qwaiFeek Where do they get French...
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vikingtimbo
Oct 15, 2009 4:12 pm
Hi, I found a couple more videos of people playing the sangkvyltap, but they're nowhere near as good as those old blokes in the link in my earlier post: ...
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Stu
darsnordham
Oct 15, 2009 4:29 pm
HAHAHA, I was just joking with some folks at an event as I was demoing a lyre that soon it would be the age of the heavy metal lyre! All it would take is metal...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Oct 15, 2009 4:53 pm
Using a stock guitar pickup makes the strings very far apart at the bridge. He'd be better winding his own pickups so as to set them very close together....
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Brian Chabot
brianchabot
Oct 15, 2009 8:50 pm
... Now I want to put a pickup on my lyre and see what happens when I run it through various effects... I'm not fond of the plain sound of that one though....
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michael king
michaeljking...
Oct 15, 2009 9:11 pm
The first version of my 10 string kantele playing guide on youtube has me playing my own modern electric Kantele, not very different from the (from 3.06 in a...
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LM
lavransrm
Oct 15, 2009 9:31 pm
This is alost what I imagine a Neo-vulcan lyre might sound slike.. Larry the M...
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chamaemorus
Oct 15, 2009 10:17 pm
This guy is pretty clever though. Making "musical instruments" out of odds and ends. bric-à-brac = odds and ends, bric-à-couac = collection of bad notes...
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Yngona Desmond
yngona
Nov 6, 2009 3:19 pm
Wow! Thats wild!...
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vikingtimbo
Nov 12, 2009 1:05 pm
Hi, There are a few new YouTube videos of a reenactor, in costume, playing a lyre at West Stowe Anglo-Saxon village: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGHqtiAzWVg...
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thephlapbadhu
Nov 12, 2009 1:23 pm
nice video's- always nice to here miri it is Forefather do a very good metal version too!...
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vikingtimbo
Nov 12, 2009 1:33 pm
... Hi again, Here's "Jeg drømte mig en drøm i nat" being played on a lyre, very nicely I might add - plucking, strumming, harmonics. Just audio though...
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Despair Bear
despairbear
Nov 12, 2009 4:29 pm
Greetings all, I am having a little trouble with the pegs in a lyre I just built. The pegs seem to turn of their own volition when under tension. This was not...
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pbutler@...
pcbutler1701
Nov 12, 2009 4:42 pm
Hello! If they are not really loose, then violin peg dope will probably solve the problem (increases the friction of the pegs). You can get peg dope from...
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niki naeve
nnaeve
Nov 12, 2009 5:10 pm
The advice I was given was to rub the peg in some of the resin you get with a bow. Or you can use chalk. Also applying some pressure when screwing them in...
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amanda evans
spectrumworks
Nov 12, 2009 9:58 pm
Thanks Tim... It's nice to see something new and very melodic... I am attempting to teach myself how to play my Lyre...sort of getting on ok but if you see of...
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LM
lavransrm
Nov 12, 2009 10:27 pm
I' curious: how did make the pegs, and how much did you taper the holes? I turn mine on a mini lathe, then use a tapered reamer to shape the holes. Larry the M...
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Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
Nov 13, 2009 3:14 am
I'd suggest using a different wood for the pegs. Maple makes a good peg in my experience. Pear wood, hard birch, cherry, ebony. But avoid the open grain...
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vikingtimbo
Nov 13, 2009 4:52 am
... Hi, It sounds like your pegs might be front-mounted like mine, and maybe fairly thick too. I find that my pegs need fairly regular maintenance with peg...
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vikingtimbo
Nov 13, 2009 4:57 am
... Hi Amanda, I'm sure you've already seen Michael King's videos on YouTube, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkC1ohl2Knk And I don't think it...
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Despair Bear
despairbear
Nov 13, 2009 4:03 pm
I chucked the wood into a drill to work as a make-shift lathe, used some lathe tools and sandpaper to bring the pegs to a smooth taper (it took a few tries)....
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Despair Bear
despairbear
Nov 13, 2009 4:07 pm
No, the pegs are mounted from the back all the way threw to the face. Sutton Hoo style. I think I am gonna try some chaulk to day and see how that works out....
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LM
lavransrm
Nov 13, 2009 6:46 pm
If you plan to build more than one such instrument, then a tapered reamer is a good investment. Here are some sources. ...
