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In this presentation, I hope to demonstrate that with just a few carefully crafted accessories, it is possible to transform a trash lyre into an instrument worthy of the gods!!
The lyre (the very same I first bought on eBay and which I taught myself to play on in 2006!), is my cheap, factory made modern evocation of the Biblical “Kinnor” by Mid East Ethnic Instruments – the 10 string lyre of my very own, very ancient Levite ancestors:
https://www.mid-east.com/Mid-East-Kinnor-Harp-Light
Although incredibly affordable, the thick soundboard, coupled with the thick, chunky bridge with brass bar (which actually acts as a mute!), results in a lyre which although can sound great when recorded and properly mixed and mastered, is really poor as a pure acoustic instrument.
I have therefore experimented in improving this lyre, by the simple addition of some quality made accessories, hand-made by Luthieros – the specialist ancient Greek lyre makers in Thessaloniki, with whom I have been collaborating with since 2014:
https://en.luthieros.com/
I added an authentic Luthieros lyre strap, known as a ‘telamon’ (a vast improvement on the strap I formerly used, lovingly crafed from a pair of my unknowning wife’s nylon stockings!), a Luthieros carved wooden plectrum and a Luthieros carved wooden lyre bridge.
The resulting improvements and the amazing possibilities of the hand-carved plectrum, can all hopefully heard in the improvisation which follows the introductory talk of this presentation!
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