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shloop4 — my completed Lyre
Published: 2011-12-31 17:29:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1075; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 18
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this is it
a little more than a week after my conceptual design, I have my Lyre.
the frame is made from White oak, the soundboards are Cherry, the bridge is made of bone, and I use light gauge guitar strings.
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Looks nice . Cherry really isn't the best for sound boards for some reason . Have you tried a tail piece to tie the strings to , like they do with a violin ? Maple and even oak sound boards seem to work pretty good and are traditional . But heck , people have always made musical instruments from whatever they have to work with . I think the earliest ones were made with turtle shells a skin sound board and sticks for arms " or macho bull horns if you're a Greek god " .
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Dang! This is guuuuuud! 
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haha, this is barely decent. it's all furnature wood, not really up to paar for instrument making
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You may think it's sh** wood, but over here in Oz, it costs a mint to buy imported American cherry, walnut or oak. Even our local timber is pricey! I'm currently making a prototype Pictish harp and I'm using crappy stuff like camphor laurel, hoop pine and jarra. I don't even know if it'll hold together once all strung up!
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ah, sorry to hear that ^_^"
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well, it took about a week and a half from start to finish
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I designed and built a mandolin
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Congrats, matey!
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thanks
I really love the sound.. just wish I had more range... but that's for next project
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I'd love to make myself a small Celtic lap harp. If you happen to come across a blueprint, lemme know!
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sure thing....
I accidentally destroyed my high E string <_<
the Lyre however, is certainly strong enough
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I think I totalled countless small strings on my lyre before I realised that I could only tune it so far. 
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I was trying to tune it in C
it worked out until I got to the top string... which didn't snap but instead contunually stretched until it was nearly twice it's origional length
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nice! can't wait for some links to videos of it being played!
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thanks
I'm glad you commented
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yuo are welcome
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