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Image of my final lyre, made of goat skin and turtle skin drum, with two carved lyre arms and crossbar, 7 sheep gut strings attached to crossbar with round pegs and old recycled fabric. Only 5 strings are attached as I have to re-string them

Attaching the Strings to My Final Lyre (and Further Design Blunders)

March 22, 2020 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

After my goat skin was attached and dried, I attached the string holder (that’s what I’m calling the piece of…

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Filed under: design issue, draw knife, lyre, mistake, string holder, strings
Detail from red figure vase of a satyr holding a barbitos

Adding the Strings and Finishing touches to Prototype 1

March 10, 2020 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

My lyre is almost complete! Now to the strings. Strings on an ancient Barbitos were attached with pegs that wrapped…

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Filed under: design issue, first prototype, playing lyre, strings, tightening strings
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