http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/ Anglo Saxon Lyres Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:26 GMT o2btuvan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2840 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2840 ... *********************** Thanks for notifying the group about the book, Michael. I just placed my order for it and was not surprised to see that the Wed, 16 May 2012 14:21:18 GMT Paul Butler http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2839 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2839 https://www.quietpress.com/ is Raymond's Quiet Press. And actually using his Saxon belt fittings or the Sutton Hoo pieces can be very nice adornments for a Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:17 GMT Gene Smith http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2838 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2838 Wow, it's interesting that the first pictures I've seen of Prittlewell come through this Lyre site! Gene (lurker and archaeologist lyre plucker) --- Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:44 GMT michaeljking2007 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2837 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2837 In keeping with the Scottish theme of recent posts...I have been Contacted by Andy Hirt who has been working on a new version of "The Celtic Lyre" a collection Wed, 16 May 2012 10:55:40 GMT o2btuvan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2836 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2836 ... ******************** If you have some time and patience, you can easily cast your own lyre hardware using a small cooking pot, your kitchen stove, and Tue, 15 May 2012 22:47:56 GMT Michael J King http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2835 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2835 I have etched my own before using laser photocopies of patterns to mask the metal. I found it hard to etch deeply with this method(there is a video on lyre Tue, 15 May 2012 21:07:07 GMT fynvarwyrmskin@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2834 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2834 Raymonds Quiet Press sells the plates, but if you want something unique it is not difficult to photo etched it yourself with PCB (circuit board) etchant. A Tue, 15 May 2012 20:10:10 GMT Reynold G http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2833 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2833 I was wondering where might be a good place to buy the brass cover plates that sit on the front of the lyres? Anyone make and sell them or have any ideas? I Tue, 15 May 2012 19:11:08 GMT michael king http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2832 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2832 Hello Simon, I have set it to the "open" option OpenAnyone can see the group, who's in it and what members post. This is the closest I can get to that.  I Tue, 15 May 2012 19:03:46 GMT simon@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2831 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2831 Michael, best to make it publicly visible if you can, so that people without facebook can at least see the info there. Simon Tue, 15 May 2012 18:43:23 GMT michaeljking2007 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2830 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2830 Hello, Just a quick update, I have Started up a Lyre group on facebook which will be running in Tandem with this Site as far as notices or updates from me(as Thu, 10 May 2012 23:56:24 GMT o2btuvan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2829 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2829 Simon wrote: \ ... Simon, You took exactly the same approach to the question as I did, but I pulled my two symmetrical halves one notch farther apart than you. Thu, 10 May 2012 18:48:11 GMT simon@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2828 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2828 Thanks for your comments! Attached is a tracing of my template, (my template was two full-size- printouts of the original excavation photo, cut out and then Thu, 10 May 2012 11:52:07 GMT o2btuvan http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2827 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2827 ... ********************** Maybe the bridge was singed when the lyre was used as kindling to burn the sorcerer musician! Amber was traditionally believed by Thu, 10 May 2012 03:30:00 GMT LM http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2826 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/2826 I had some weed -whacker string around for while- I wound up using it for tailpiece gut. It was stiff and hard to make a knot in, but it was indestructible!