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Attaching the Goat Skin to the Frame of My Final Lyre

March 22, 2020 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

The rubber cement did harden the fabric I attached to the shell, and firmly attached the arms to the base.…

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Filed under: boiling, final lyre, goat skin, mistake, super glue, turtle shell
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)

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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
Assembled prorotype lyre base consisting of cicrular bowl and wooden dowels glued inside of it

Lyre Learning Curves and Snafus

March 20, 2020 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

For my third prototype, I purchased dowels hoping they would bend better than the bamboo I used previously. I began…

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Filed under: lyre arms, mistake, third prototype

Reflecting On my First Prototype

March 12, 2020 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

Conclusions on Lyre prototype #1: I have decided to name my first prototype “Fragment []”.I named my first prototype that…

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Filed under: bridge, first prototype, Fragment [], learning, mistake, reflecting

Assembling my first prototype (despite adversity)

November 30, 2019 mmcloughlin Leave a comment

Disaster strikes! I was continuing to sand my bowl when a spirit of destruction visited me and then this happened:…

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Filed under: crossbar design, first prototype, lyre frame, mistake, sanding
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