... ************************** After the underwhelming response to my cry for help, I decided to proceed. Ideally, I would like to have placed the tuning pegs...
Hello Peter, The answer is always within us... ;-)Its funny and sometimes frustrating when that happens.  Those Qanun pegs are very similar to the ones we...
Hello! I'm new to the group, but I wanted you to know I'm following this with great interest, though I can't contribute anything useful on this particular...
... ******************** The luthiers of 5000 years ago were confronted with all the same problems we are confronted with today. The only difference is that...
... Well Frode, here ya go. The harp is at its next stage. Go to the following URL and scroll down. One thing for sure, it is going to LOOK spectacular....
... Hi Bernard, It's coming along nicely, can't wait to see (and hear) the finished product! Looking at the Ancient Egyptian illustration beside your latest...
... ********************* There are dozens of highly detailed, beautiful, period paintings on the walls of Middle Kingdom temples and tombs of both men and...
I've been playing my Sutton Hoo lyre more and more these days, and wanted to keep it handy for play but safer than resting on a desk or coffee table. I needed...
I suggest the A-Frame Acoustic Guitar Stand on amazon. The legs are adjustable and you should be able to get them close enough together to support the base....
Guitar stand, no, but VIOLIN stands work very well, as the bottom of the violin is about the same width and thickness of the lyre. The neck support can be...
Hi, I'd really want to get very close to an original relic before sticking my neck out :-) but it seems to me that on the thinner, less angled, harp shell...
I wanted to use a guitar stand for my zither-banjo, but the pot of the banjo is also narrower than a guitar, and just slipped between the lower prongs of the...
... ************************** Hi Craig, You make a good point. The neck of the harp you describe (below) seems to be six-sided and not perfectly round. ...
... Hi Matthew, Just chucking an idea out there: I'm paranoid about my expensive lyre's safety, so I just stand it up on the floor in the corner of a room,...
Hi, those old instruments are amazing and they fill me with wonder! ... To me it seems that the grooves on that facet average a little deeper at the peg end...
... The fact that the old Egyptian instruments exist at all after four thousand years in the relatively good condition they're in, is amazing. After the...
How much time do you have for this project? Is it an all-day workshop or does it have to be done in a couple of hours? How many people will be involved? ...
Patrick, Your comments about the "one hour lyre" are exactly what I have in mind. This will involve between 5 and 8 students. I will have two hours at most to...
... I have participated a couple of times in instrument building workshops and they are a lot of fun. If you are dealing with stringed instruments, the musical...
Okay, given the time constraints, I would honestly suggest just making a few student lyres to bring. In the photos section of this group, you can see some...
... Excellent suggestion, Patrick. What would be even better (and considerably more profitable) would be a DVD for sale to interested participants on how to do...
Brilliant! If I were better than a 3-chord Johnny player, I'd totally do this! As it, I use it like the dark-ages autoharp. But it sounds like a great...
I don't have a lot to add to this other than the link, but the pic of the lyre here is a gorgeous example of a very modern re-imaginging of one of the oldest...
... http://shuillakku.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/51/ Cuoghi seems like a very interesting and intense artist but I get the impression that his lyre of Ur, built...
Good nooz & bad nooz. The sound of the Egyptian harp once it was strung blew me away - and I am not easily blown away. It has a slight buzz to it because of...
... Hi Bernard, Well the real good nooz is that your awesome instrument is finally playable!! And obviously no expense was spared... gut strings on a harp...!...
This is great to hear about! Looking forward to video / sound clips. I have made pegs from sycamore (acer pseudoplatanus) and they are fine. Have you tried...
