What is a typical size of an Lyre? The one I bought is about 1.5 feet long, but I've seen videos of folks with much bigger ones more often than not... so which...
Well the Cologne re-creation that I made (see the Photos under Singing Tree), from Michael's blueprints is just a hair over 18" long and almost 8" wide, and...
Well, Mine I make specifically for the SCA and the need for a compact lyre that easily goes into a bag to be hauled off to events without taking up lots of...
The tuning I suggest for the smaller lyres is a C diatonic scale as written down in the 10th century by Hucbold. The G tuning on longer instruments is a nice...
Hi: Here's what I got from Ben Bagby when I inquired abut his Beowulf lyre: “The lyre which I am currently using is one of two different models built for me ...
I'm working on re-stringing a slightly damaged lyre owned by a friend of mine (who is lurking on this list), and it got me thinking about tunings... The ones...
F G A B-flat C D (Hucbald's hexachord in F), because it suits my personal reciting tone when I'm performing. Without a fixed reference like A = 440 Hz, I...
... <sca_bard@...> wrote: Hi, I don't really know if we can be sure that Hucbald's C corresponds to what we now call C anyway. So I reckon we can transpose to...
I've experimented with a variety of tunings, and I've settled on the following: G A B-flat C D E-flat I find this gives a distinct melancholy mood (very...
I size my lyres based on what I find in the wood shop. I make them all about 24" long because that's a convenient size for a lot of folks (I'd find 18" rather...
... Evidently, I'm a little strange... My Lyre is about 21" long in the body (not including the knob on the end)... and I have it tuned like this: A B C# D# E...
OK, I know I have seen this information before, and I have gone through the photos and the archives, but cannot find it. Some time back there were some color...
... <kaz@...> wrote: Hi Chris, I'm not sure if we're talking about exactly the same thing, but go to the files section and open the "Trossingen Lyre" file....
Hi all, Here's the part of Dr. Barbara Theune-Großkopf's excellent report on the Trossingen lyre that describes the lyre's physical appearance. I can't speak...
Hi all, Here's the part of the report that compares the Trossingen lyre to other lyres and discusses how the instrument may have been played. Cheers, Tim ... A...
Hi Michael, I am working on lyre reconstructions and was wondering if there is any central source for the measurements of lyre finds. I have read the East...
Hello Jan-Ellen, This is the data that is currently online and isnt up to date at all: http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/image/lyre.Fig.3and4.jpg The much...
Thanks Michael, Any idea when the Prittlewell report will be published? How wonderful that the archaeology has progressed to the point that even a mud block...
Greetings, My Name is Jim I live in the US. I found this group when i was searching for sheet music for somone i know. I made a Lyre based in the Sutton Hoo...
Warm Welcome to the Forum Jim, I still have the very first lyre I made, pine and plywood Its been in my garden for 10 years now,a testament to the exterior...
Hi Michael, thanks for the welcome. thanks to for the conversion. My first one was a little small but sounded ok. i got the 1' thinkless right =). i will...
greetings, I was reading about the Downloadable Kantele Construction Guide Original PDF Version in the part about printing the plans its says " use adobe...
Yes, I would suggest printing them out at 100% in adobe reader taping together then measuring and comapring them to the notes that are on the forum with the...
Ok i will give things a try and post back how it comes out. my print is a printer scaner copier i have never used it for making things scale but i will give it...
Ok, i printinf out the plans here on the yahoo list. I taped them togther and got somthing that looked about the right size. on i just need to check it. on the...
well hereas how they came out 6.5 " on the bottom and 7.5" at the top and the overall lenth was 30 inches. i think its off by 1 inch in the overall lenth...
The outline dimensions of the actual Lyre are 80.3cm by 19.5cm by 16cm which convert to 31.64" by 7.67 by 6.29" I must stress that you need to cross reference...
Hi Jim, I work in metric and US units for the State of ME and EPA. According to the EPA conversion document "Appendix AP-42" this is the conversion factor...
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