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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
Goat skin done boiling being laid across bowl of lyre frame as the process to attach it to the frame begins

Finishing Up My Second Prototype and Further Barbitos Planning

March 20, 2020 mmcloughlin 1 Comment

Crossbar and arms of lyre holding the strings, which have wooden pegs attached to them. The pegs (2 inch pieces of wood) dangle from the crossbar loosely and all over the place because the strings (clear fishing line) cannot properly be wound around it

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Filed under: goat skin, lyre making, second prototype, strings, tuning
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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