Hi, I just came across another short article about the lyre bridge found on the Isle of Skye, and there's a nice video with Prof. Graeme lawson. Just scroll...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 8, 2012 8:26 am
... Hi Bernard and all, Here's a photo of what's left of an ancient one that was found in Italy and dates to the fifth century BCE: ...
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o2btuvan
Apr 8, 2012 10:47 am
... *********************** Hi Paul, I got the above URL from your YouTube video several weeks ago, and have already studied the photos and the design of the...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Apr 8, 2012 11:16 am
This is a great photo essay on what looks like a great instrument. I was interested in some points - the main thought I had was that the taper tuning pins make...
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o2btuvan
Apr 11, 2012 11:04 am
... Simon, are you referring to the type of buzz that we hear on the Ethiopian begena and the Indian tamboura? With these instruments the string never touches...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 11, 2012 12:13 pm
Hi, I have a instrument here of unkown but recent origin made from a tortoise shell not much smaller than the one Paul shows on his web page. It is possibly...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 11, 2012 12:37 pm
Ah found another one, it is the 'gunibri' on this page: http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/africa.htm The type of tortoise shell on mine is exactly the...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 12, 2012 3:55 am
Hi, There are remains of another Greek Lyre plus a drawing of a reconstruction in this article: ...
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o2btuvan
Apr 12, 2012 12:10 pm
... ************************ A very interesting article! The chelys it describes was excavated at the Pantanello necropolis. Pantanello is in Italy and in the...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Apr 12, 2012 12:42 pm
Hi, no, some of the smaller African lyres have no bridge or tailpiece at all, the strings come right off the end peg across the soundboard skin. Simon...
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o2btuvan
Apr 12, 2012 2:46 pm
... Simon, I don't believe the strings of these types of folk lyres are intended to buzz against the soundbox or skin of the instrument. There is a lyre from...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 13, 2012 7:38 am
I have found a few more references to archaic lyres being excavated but I'm on a different PC at the moment so no access to the references. This next link is...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 13, 2012 8:13 am
... Hi Craig and Bernard, I'm a big fan of the ngoni. I'm always a bit surprised by that ingeniously simple method they have of securing the strings just by...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 14, 2012 9:32 am
Hmm, I favour a mix of pure trad and anything goes, remembering that anachronism works in both directions. For instance, it is equally as anachronistic to have...
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o2btuvan
Apr 14, 2012 12:40 pm
... ***************** Believe it or not, there are musical special interest group forums that I participate in fairly regularly where I am the one who is...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 15, 2012 2:41 am
... Hi, I don't think anyone has a satisfactory explanation of the complicated spring mechanisms in both arms of the Greek concert kithara. It seems unlikely...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 15, 2012 8:35 am
... Hi Craig, ... Yeah, no matter how much one might try to be authentic, the playing and music style still needs to be reinvented. The Mediterranean peoples...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 15, 2012 9:30 am
Hi similiarly, I live in an area of the Adelaide hills which is part of the catchment of the River Murray. The Murray has it's own endemic species of turtle...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 15, 2012 9:59 am
... Hi Craig, ... Ah, I assume you mean the Murray River Short-necked Turtle. They're one of the two species we get here in the Yarra, presumably introduced...
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o2btuvan
Apr 15, 2012 6:31 pm
... *************************** Great video! I live on the Canadian side of the Quebec/Vermont border where the so-called "Common Snapping Turtle"...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 16, 2012 6:10 am
... Hi Bernard, I've seen those things on TV, they great! Apparently you wouldn't want to wade through swampy areas where they live for fear of ending up with...
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nelsonhaynes@...
appelgarthe
Apr 17, 2012 1:21 am
How high is the average A.S lyre bridge? Or to ask the question a different way, how much space do you need between the strings and the soundboard? Thanks, ...
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LM
lavransrm
Apr 17, 2012 1:50 am
Mine usually run from 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" Higher makes for a better vibration connection with the sound board ( at least that's my theory). I once came across...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 17, 2012 5:16 am
... Hi, in this group's files section, in the Trossingen folder, there are good details of the Trossingen lyre bridge. I recall it is about 25mm high, give or...
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Tim
vikingtimbo
Apr 17, 2012 7:39 am
... Hi Nigel, It's a good question, and I would think quite an important one when building a lyre. The higher the bridge, the more energy from the strings is...
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o2btuvan
Apr 17, 2012 12:26 pm
... ***************** The amount of pressure applied to the bridge is going to depend on the notes you are tuning your instrument to, and the gauge of string...
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irrotational@...
craig_81...
Apr 17, 2012 2:11 pm
Hi When you get down to thinking about how they really work, and sticking accelerometers and force gauges on them to measure what's happening, bridges ain't...
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LM
lavransrm
Apr 17, 2012 4:03 pm
When I make my lyres, I usually have pieces of 1/2" thick ( about 12 mm) maple or cherry wood left over from the cut-out in the upper part of the instrument....
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Apr 23, 2012 9:16 am
Just something I found very interesting, I found a rosewood lyre on ebay that is the standard Anglo SAxon Lyre shape for just £99, I am presuming its made of...
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o2btuvan
Apr 23, 2012 11:22 am
... ************************* Instrument makers in Pakistan have been making lyres of different sorts for quite a while but this is the first time we've seen...
