http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/ Anglo Saxon Lyres Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:28:17 GMT delkaoth http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1172 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1172 Thank you very much for your words, You have given me more knowledge than all the files I have managed to find. -Revan Delkatoh ... that are the common physics Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:48:20 GMT Semaj http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1171 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1171 Thanks for the welcome.  And, duh, I'm in central Virginia, USA.  Near Lynchburg.  I'd forgotten about Deor.  Talk about your Germanic philosophical Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:42:38 GMT Jim Robertson http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1170 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1170 More importantly, a reamer turns a cylindrical hole, of the sort made by a standard drill bit, to a tapered hole. Once you have drilled and reamed your Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:19:08 GMT LM http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1169 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1169 Welcome, Jim! If you haven't already done so, by all means check the files and photos section on this list's website. You'll find all sorts of examples on how Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:14:33 GMT LM http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1168 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1168 I would add to this fine piece of work that Chris has shared with us, the idea that making an acoustic instrument using all wood and little or no metal makes Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:08:54 GMT Jim Robertson http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1167 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1167 Hello to all, I stumbled upon this group via Michael's you tube performance. I was instantly enthralled by the sound of his lyre. Let me back up and say I've Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:49:32 GMT Kazimierz Verkmastare http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1166 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1166 While you shoot ahead at the speed of light, remember a few things that are the common physics of all stringed instruments, and the common downfalls of the Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:45:23 GMT delkaoth http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1165 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1165 That is a good question, I will answer it with this: I like the harp, I like the way it sounds. I thought about making a small harp, but... I love the Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:15:27 GMT Patrick Woolery http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1164 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1164 It seems to me that there are several design considerations when making a lyre.  The choices we make depend strongly on what we want to end up with.  Are we Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:05:03 GMT Shane Ravenn http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1163 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1163 ... Personally, I've been making do with 20mm pine shelving and 3mm ply for my lyres, and they work just fine. I haven't yet tried the separate piece for the Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:59:44 GMT delkaoth http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1162 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1162 Hmmmm.... you have a very good point. Alright, I shall take your advice, albiet with a little modification. I will construct the lyre to have the traditional Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:28:21 GMT delkaoth http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1161 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1161 I have a planer and thought I could plane the 2x4 down to size, but it was more about the wood type than the size of wood? About the strings... Actually, I was Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:03:19 GMT Ken Hulme http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1160 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1160 3/4" thick tailpiece? 2x4 Headbar? Steel reinforcements? Sounds way too heavy to me! More liek a dresser than a musical instrument! All that mass would Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:50:36 GMT Ken Hulme http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1159 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1159 2x4 would be 'way out of scale for a headpiece if you're making the body from 3/4" or 1" stock. It would be so heavy that the instrument would be top heavy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:10:15 GMT Gjermund Kolltveit http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1158 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anglo_Saxon_Lyres/message/1158 "Traditional" is a difficult term here, since no playing technique survives with the Anglo Saxon and later medieval lyres (except for the bowed versons). But