I found this site while researching wax tablets. 4th and 5th from the bottom are 2 pictures of a lyre/harp. I've never seen it before and I don't recall us...
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Stu
darsnordham
Jul 1, 2010 11:17 pm
... bottom are 2 pictures of a lyre/harp. I've never seen it before and I don't recall us discussing it. Beautiful piece. ... It's a gusli, typical Slavic...
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John
johnedwardda...
Jul 4, 2010 6:20 pm
Well, folks, through the services of a woodworking friend who asked what I wanted for my birthday, I've finally got two maple boards; I've printed out the...
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Kazimierz Verkmastare
cnogy
Jul 4, 2010 8:09 pm
Actually, in all the experiments I have ever done, the soundholes (the actual holes in a soundboard) in most instruments make very little difference. A hole...
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johnedallas@...
johnedwardda...
Jul 5, 2010 7:53 am
In einer eMail vom 04.07.2010 22:09:10 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schreibt kaz@...: I used to think the f-slits on bowed stringed instruments were...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 5, 2010 8:59 am
... Hi John, Making an accurate replica of the Trossingen lyre is a very worthy project! Don't forget that the photos and diagrams from the originaly report on...
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Nancy Thym-Hochrein
nancy.thym
Jul 5, 2010 9:10 pm
Dear Scot, These photos are all from the archaeological museum in Novgorod. A lot of them are labled incorrectly. It might be interesting for you to know that...
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Jul 12, 2010 10:19 am
Hello everyone, I received this email from Mark Taylor today looking for a lyre player for the 9th of October, I an not able to do this but I thought there...
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pcbutler1701
Jul 12, 2010 3:30 pm
Hello! My wife does studies in ancient near east, and came across this article. I thought it might be interesting to some of the people here, as there had...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 13, 2010 2:44 pm
... I'm afraid I can't help because I live in Australia. But just for fun, I thought I'd point out that your offer is not that different to the one offered to...
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kenhulme@...
ken_hulme
Jul 13, 2010 3:27 pm
Tim - they did say "travelling expenses...would be offered" --Ken -----Original Message----- From: Tim Sent: Jul 13, 2010 10:43 AM To:...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 13, 2010 3:34 pm
Hi Ken, ... Good point, are you a lawyer? But I think I'd be pushing the offer a little bit :-) Cheers, Tim...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 13, 2010 6:17 pm
Hi Paul, Thanks for that, very interesting. The lyre in general was largely an artifact of the Ancient World, and was pretty much the earliest stringed...
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Jennifer Sturdy
jcs64uk
Jul 13, 2010 7:34 pm
Hi Tim, Thank you very much for mentioning the YouTube video of the Gold Lyre of Ur. If any of you live near to Durham, UK, we are performing next Sunday 18...
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pbutler@...
pcbutler1701
Jul 13, 2010 7:46 pm
Hello! Bummer - wrong continent ;). I've had the fortune of being able to examine the original and several others, including a silver plated one (my wife...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 24, 2010 8:13 am
Hi all, I found a pic of Dr. Graeme Lawson with one of his lyres, which I thought I'd share. Looks like a nice instrument. You don't often see people painting...
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michael king
michaeljking...
Jul 24, 2010 10:17 am
Thanks for finding that photo Tim, I am sure Dr Lawson has mentioned there was evidence of pigmant on one of the finds to justify his reconstruction,   ...
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Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Jul 24, 2010 6:01 pm
Do different finishes change the acoustic nature of the instrument? What finishes are good? What finishes should be avoided? Why didn't I post this question...
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David Friedman
davidfriedma...
Jul 25, 2010 2:50 am
I haven't been following the discussions here much, but I thought it worth reporting on my most recent project--apologies if it duplicates things already...
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johnedallas@...
johnedwardda...
Jul 25, 2010 10:45 am
In einer eMail vom 25.07.2010 04:50:36 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schreibt ddfr@...: As I expect many of you have found, one problem in...
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Amp
ampmanj
Jul 25, 2010 12:57 pm
scrapers. either metal or stone. You can get a smoother finish with a scraper than you can with sandpaper....
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 25, 2010 1:07 pm
... That's probably true, but sand would have been used too. There's a definite reference to sand being used to give swords of the same period a very high...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 25, 2010 2:07 pm
Hi all, I found this krar song from Ethiopia on Youtube, and it struck me as a great illustration of how even an instrument with as limited a range as a krar...
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LM
lavransrm
Jul 25, 2010 3:49 pm
For many years, I've been doing it the "easy" way. I use planks that are 1/2" thick and anywhere from 7" to 10" wide. I hollow out the lower half to make a...
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michael king
michaeljking...
Jul 25, 2010 4:10 pm
If you are going to the trouble of hollowing out the 1" plank I would definitely recommend ordering the plainest maple guitar set instead of spruce, if you...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jul 25, 2010 7:30 pm
I would expect that the boards would be made from a log by splitting, not sawing. Then they could be trued and thinned with a side-axe or an adze. And yes, I...
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Charles Anderson
charlesian2000
Jul 26, 2010 1:35 am
... Never heard that Tim, That needs more investigation, can you supply me with a reference to start? I've been making swords, blades, and other metal...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 27, 2010 2:07 am
... Hi David, ... I'm actually quite curious about how the original Trossingen lyre's soundboard was actually made. It's very debatable whether even small saws...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 27, 2010 5:16 am
... Hi Charles, ... Around 500 CE, Theodoric the Great's secretary Cassiodorus wrote a letter to the king of a Germanic tribe called the Varini (known as...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Jul 27, 2010 6:33 am
... Hi David, Third attempt to send this message, Yahoo can be a pain. ... I'm actually quite curious about how the original Trossingen lyre's soundboard was...
