Making an Anglo-Saxon lyre part 7
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2010
- Kits available as well as parts accessories and ready-made instruments: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ThelyreShop
Final part!
This one concludes with the fitting of the bridge and strings, with some impromptu playing on the lyre at the end.
please feel free to ask questions with the comments bar.
The tuning and playing giude mentioned in the video is on youtube already here:
• Tuning and playing the...
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Making an Anglo-Saxon lyre from a Kit:
part 1: Planing the soundboard
Part 2: Gluing the top
Part 3: Trimming the overhang
Part 4: Sanding and final shaping Part 5: Varnishing
Part 6: Setting up the Lyre: tuning pins and tailpiece
Part 7: Setting up the lyre: bridge and strings
Disclaimer: Always follow safe practices while working with tools. What is safe for one woodworker under certain conditions may not be safe for others in different circumstances. Viewers should undertake the use of materials and methods as shown in these videos after evaluation, and at their own risk. - Навчання та стиль
Excellent tutorial, I am really glad there are people like you out there who still continue the old traditions.
I will look forward to seeing your work on youtube!
Compliments for your videos. You explain very well and the instruments are really fine!
Hi michael thank you for the inspiration. Im on the process of building one ( patterned after a trossingen model ) hopefully will finish it this weekend. I hope it will sing well.
nylon guitar strings X2 (plain nylon 1-3 guitar strings ) can be used to get a sound similar to gut, Violin strings are wound, metal cored or metal wound synthetic cored
The Lyre Kit comes with Fluorocarbon strings, which are last longer than real gut and have a great tone
excellent, What lute model are you making?....I want to make a 6 course Gerle one at some point......I do have a largenumber of unfinished instruments....nyckelharpas, clavichords, citterns, harps,.it is a highly addictuve activity..,
Great work! lol you along inspired me to start building my own lyres! I'm trying a lute mold atm.. really hard.. :(
I have Robert Lundbergs Historical Lute construction.. and a few plans for a 6 coarse Lute.. I have been using a plan for 9 wedges to make a mold for a 9 rib lute.. Its easier to start with a medieval Lute and a rounder bowl.. then the renaissance lute!
The sound of these lyres is mesmerizing. what other woods can be used for the project?
Historically maple was the chosen wood for soundboards but other woods like iike oak and yew were used for the body. I have used Yew, oak ash. Beech my recent lyre video has a lyre with red cedar soundboard. My kravik lyres are usually spruce. For student lyres I have also used American tulip poplar which can be similar to soft maple
Michael J King I’m from South America, so the woods I have access to are very different from those in the northern hemisphere. I’m not really concerned about historical accuracy, but I do want a playable lyre. What exactly I am looking for when selecting the wood for the different parts of the instrument? I have access to laurel (relatively hard wood), pine, eucaliptus, probably cedar. Thank you very much indeed, and I am sorry to bother. You already have done a lot for me by posting these videos.
Also álamo (I think it’s a kind of poplar), which is a pale and soft wood readily available in my place
@@julianporcel8184 if I was in South America I would be looking at various Nothofagus/ southern beech Trees. Roble? These would give a similar tone to maple . Any timber locally available would work in truth. Naranja wood mango acaca. Pine
@@michaeljking Thank you very much, sir!
Hello, I would like to ask you a question: what notes do you use = for your lyre? I ask a lot of people, but they do not answer me. Could you help me please?
Thank you
Karaï I use a simple G diatonic scale. G a b c d e. See the lyre playing part of my websitewww.michaeljking.com/how_to_play_the_lyre.htm string sets I use are sold in my etsy shop
hello friend, what kind of strings do you use for the lyre?
Læif Armod Armodson I use Fluorocarbon strings on this model, you can find them from my Lyre Shop available for for 6 or 7 String lyres www.michaeljking.com/shop.htm in the accessories section(scroll down for strings)
which is best to use nylon or metal strings?which way basically do you put the heavier gauge strings to the lighter ones if using metal strings.am trying to finish my lyre and want to get string placement the best way for a nice tone.I would like to tune it to an E Diatonic pitch..
james arterburn my first lyre I built in 1989 used the plain nylon strings from two sets of classical guitar strings 3 3 2 2 1 1 for a g diatonic tuning 21" scale I think that's still a cheap starting point to experiment with, for tuning lower look at your instrument and decide historical instruments are not designed for high tension strings wound strings are not found on early lyres either when someone wants a lower pitch instrument in e for example I suggest they build my oberfkacht or trossingem lyre model plan I supply
I use fluorocarbon strings mostly as they are very forgiving with tunings more so than gut or nylon on a Sutton hoo lyre they can go from e diatonic to g diatonic and still sound ok
Michael J King cool thanks.this is a great help.
Michael J King great idea.thank you
what gauge for the strings do you use for each note
james arterburn the sizes for each lyres model are on my lyre plans( 15 plans for on my lyres making DVD) it's not a simple answer as I have different sets of strings for different lyre models and pitches, I also sell fluorocarbom string sets for lyres on my etsy shop and can make up custom sets to other pitches to order. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Thelyreshop
Ay amigo excelente yo quiero una pero acá en Colombia no la hay... Dime en que parte del. Mundo estas y cuanto vale una😭😭😭 yo quiero una... 😭😭😭
Natalia Agudelo
Estoy en el UK. Probablemente más fácil tener uno hecho en su propio país por un fabricante local de la guitarra. Proporciono los planes (lyre making DVD )
Michael J King nada acá no lo hay lo más cerca que se consigue sigue uno es en Argentina pero la moneda argentina es muy cara... Por eso te preguntaba que cuanto vale una y con el envío hasta Medellin Colombia en dólares😥... De pronto y se me cumple el. Sueño de tener una...
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Hi so do you use guitar strings
I use Gut, (original string material and Fluorocarbon as shown in this video mostly, two sets of plain Nylon classical guitar strings can be used, doubled up to give a cheap set top start with. for dfferent sounds see my playlist for lyre strings ua-cam.com/play/PLmVm_0iDo0mb2smi6E1RMgsGHc-K4UsWC.html&si=NHfOUmaR1s10lGjn
Is the bridge not glued ?
The bridge is never glued. It’s the same as a violin, mandolin or archtop guitar
@@michaeljking interesting. Thank you !
ehkm... pardon my ignorance, but where is the sound hole?
These lyres didn't always them, apart from one example in Germany. Anyway They work slightly differently from a guitar. The back is thick, soundbox shallow and the top graduated and the treble sound projects very well.
@@michaeljking would adding a sound hole make a difference?
@@jocelynleon6331 these didn't usually have them, they are thin bodied instruments with a pitch close to a ukulele. Not really a bass instrument. That said some did have small holes drilled,. In my last couple of recent lyre videos on my channel I demonstrated a maple top lyre with two small holes drilled and a cedar top lyre with no holes drilled. The holes make a small difference on the maple top in the sound you hear as a performer mostly I think.
@coreycaffeine email me on my website and I will work it out for you!