I've just joined the group, although I've been making lyres for some time. Do people know that the big article on the Trossingen lyre was published this past...
466
michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
May 3, 2007 8:54 am
Hello David and a warm welcome to the Forum, The Trossingen Lyre has been a very popular topic here, if you type trossingen in the search box on the Home page...
467
LM
lavransrm
May 3, 2007 12:45 pm
David: If you have a photo portfolio of your lyres, please upload them to the photos page; those of us who make these things love to examine each other's...
468
lordfreiman
May 4, 2007 7:26 am
Gentles, Does anybody know where I can buy those nifty escutcheons that I am seeing on other folk's lyres? This really, really adds a lot to the appearance of...
469
michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
May 4, 2007 7:08 pm
The decorated mounts I use are cast in bronze by a really great artist, who wants to remain anonymous (when I get then I have them gold plated).they are not...
470
Manuel Bonilla
bonireti
May 5, 2007 8:48 am
Hello all! ... in pewter if anyone is interested! Sure! My Trossingen-style Lyre is almost finished and I'm getting in love of her even still don't know how it...
471
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 5, 2007 2:14 pm
... <forjavirutas@...> wrote: Hi Manuel, ... to add ... not a ... years ... with a ... it be ... again? Nails, or traces of them can be expected to have...
472
LM
lavransrm
May 5, 2007 4:09 pm
One of things about the lute, which I studied for quite a few years, is the less metal, the better. The exception is the nail that is often used to connect...
473
chaosscop
May 5, 2007 7:12 pm
Hello all, While attachings som eschutcheons to my harp, I slipped and made a small dent on the arm of my lyre. Any advice on how to remove it? Thank you ...
474
michael king
michaeljking...
May 5, 2007 7:37 pm
You didn't say if or what the Harp was finished with, you may need to get back to bare wood if its some plastic kind of finish, with oil or spirit based...
475
Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
May 5, 2007 7:38 pm
One option is to drip a few drops of boiling water right in the dent. The hot water may swell the wood and raise it back up. This doesn't always work and...
476
chaosscop
May 6, 2007 9:00 am
Hello all, My lyre looks almost "as good as new" thanks to your advice. I moistened a washcloth and used a clothe's iron. It raised the wood back into place in...
477
chaosscop
May 6, 2007 9:09 am
Hello all, I went to the links section of this group, and looked at the Medieval Music link. I saw that they have a tutorial CD for $16, and a "Owner's Manual"...
478
Manuel Bonilla
bonireti
May 6, 2007 11:42 am
So I was confused about it. No nails neither metal strips on this one, then. I've just added a little strip of wood on the soundboard arms endgrain instead of...
479
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 6, 2007 2:09 pm
... <chaosscop@...> wrote: Hi Chaosscop ... Does ... The bloke who sells this stuff, AElfric, is a member of this list and I'm sure he won't mind an email from...
480
mikael5109
May 7, 2007 9:37 pm
Hello, what is the time in which the lyre was common? Is there any archaeology found before 580 ? And what is the latest found? Especially Alemanni-lyres. ...
481
LM
lavransrm
May 7, 2007 11:59 pm
Hey all: Considering my limited experience with horse hair, I'd this stuff is ok. I ordered two two-fer packs; one each of black and natural @ $8 per pack. ...
482
michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
May 8, 2007 10:33 am
Just another response to Manuels post about gluing and nails. bit late.... The metal nails/pins inserted into the thick sides of the lyre, as long as they are...
483
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 8, 2007 2:38 pm
... <Zaros.Kordales@...> wrote: Hi Michael, ... The lyre was relatively common until probably the tenth century, give or take, although most archaeological...
484
chaosscop
May 9, 2007 1:51 am
I once found online a PDF file of all Germanic hearpe, and suspected hearpe, finds to date (except Pritwell). The earliest find on this list was a yoke piece,...
485
Jennifer Sturdy
jcs64uk
May 9, 2007 7:07 am
Yes there is much evidence that Lyres were played as far back as 3,000 BC in the world as a whole. Iconography shows lyres in Sumeria and the wider region....
486
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 9, 2007 1:54 pm
Hi all, As far as the origin of the northern European lyre goes, I thought I'd mention one theory that has the lyre being introduced into Scandinavia during...
487
LM
lavransrm
May 9, 2007 3:29 pm
Hey all: Here's a quick (wiki) look a the Migration period: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period Or, the Romans brought it north with them prior to...
488
lordfreiman
May 11, 2007 11:45 am
Guys, I would like to do a replica of the Oberflacht grave lyre that was destroyed in 1945 when Russian infantry soldiers sacked the Museum for Volkerkunde in...
Thanks, Chaoscop, The copy is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Oddly enough, this gives me more questions than answers. I found my copy of Crane's Book. It...
492
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 12, 2007 4:31 pm
Hi Dave, It's probably not mucch help, but in the files section, in the Trossingen lyre file, there's a file called "Photos of reconstructed germanic...
493
Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
May 13, 2007 1:29 pm
... <lordfreiman@...> wrote: Hi Dave, The Oberflacht lyres are some of the ones I know least about, and I'm intruigued by the "slits". Could you explain...
494
lordfreiman
May 13, 2007 9:38 pm
Tim, The fact is that you probably know as much as I know. If you open Michael's file called (something like) "reconstructions of Germanic Lyres" in the files...
