The Lyre Shop
On this page you can purchase strings, bridges, tailpieces, tuning keys plus my Lyre making CD-rom with the paypal shopping cart that means you can add items and pay a single reduced shipping fee in one transaction. Please allow 28 days for wooden items ordered, CD's and strings are usually sent straight away.You do not have to have a paypal account to buy, you can use any Credit/debit card through paypal these days.
Anglo Saxon Lyre Kit (OFFER)
Last one for 2011 available for £250 with free delivery in the UK email me to purchase
Developed to follow the Sutton Hoo lyre in size and string spacings, these kits have the Lyre body routed and the outer profile shaped out of one piece of wood with the step to receive the soundboard.
The maple soundboard will need planing and sanding, gluing and to complete the Lyre you will need to do the final shaping of the string arm /taper and endpin.
The wood used on the soundboard is from my own stock and is quartersawn maple
The string spacings are taken from the sutton hoo, with metal zither pins suppliued for ease of use and function. (wooden pegs can be added later if desired)
The lyre is supplied with FC nylon strings, nylon tailgut with dowel tailpiece and a tuning key.
The instructions of how to complete the Lyre kit are available for free as a Youtube series:
(To complete the kit you will need either a No.4 plane/sanding sticks to flatten and then graduate the fiinal shape the soundboard, Varnish is not supplied, but the instruction leaflet will supply details. )
This kit is a perfect lyre for a first project and for customization, adding your own soundboard pins and mounts.
please allow up to 28 days for delivery for this item
Updated Lyre Making CD,
This disc is the summery of my Lyre making experience over the last decade, it allows anyone to build on the work I have done and make any Lyre I have made.
When you order this disc you always get the latest version.
This disc has the Bergh Apton, Snape, Morning Thorpe. Sutton Hoo, Prittlewell, Trossingen and the St. Severins Lyre plans in pdf format to print off, collate and use(instructions provided) the CD also includes a 24 minute video introduction showing the making sequence, including video footage of cutting the joints, plus clips on how to tune and play. The full web browser based offline website/e-book is a complete guide to making tuning and playing the Lyre plus there are more things to discover. more info.
Lyre
CD-Rom
(autoruns
in Windows, opens up also in Mac and Linux)
Contents:
Contents:
- Full instructions for hand building and with routers
- video tutorials
- playing guide
- sections on equipement and tools required
- how to make the fittings for the lyre, including the straps.
- includes the Lyre kit handbook and tips.
- Advice for dimensions of the best sounding lyre soundboards and strings
- Hidden extras on disc including Bowed Lyres and Crwth plans worth £15
- Free email support included with disc if required.
(For the digital downloadable version(only available until October the 14th 2011) go here )
£25.00
Fluorocarbon
String
set (now 2 sets) Standard set (G pitch)These modern alternative to plain nylon are very popular with harp and ukulele as they can bring out the sound more, On lyres this is very effective on Plywood or thicker topped lyres that are otherwise dull with guitar nylon or quiet with gut. Once settled in they are very stable in tuning, impervious to moisture these strings are usual first choice on my Standard models Lyres and the kits.
Thickest string is 1.0mm Fluorocarbon, through to 0.54mm
enough for 2 sets of 6 strings, suitable for Sutton Hoo lyre models
£25.00
Fluorocarbon
String
set LOW PITCH SET
This alternative set is for getting the lyre down to D or E pitch(low C may be possible on some lyres)These modern alternative to plain nylon are very popular with harp and ukulele as they can bring out the sound more, On lyres this is very effective on Plywood or thicker topped lyres that are otherwise dull with guitar nylon or quiet with gut. Once settled in they are very stable in tuning, impervious to moisture these strings are usual first choice on my Standard models Lyres and the kits.
Thickest string is a 1.03mm FC string through tp 0.64mm
enough for 2 sets of 6 strings, suitable for Sutton Hoo lyre models
£25.00
Boxwood
Lyre bridge,
this is my interpretation of the bone and amber bridges found in
England and Scandinavia and continental Europe. these are
hand
whitltled so are each unique while remaing faithful in design and
spirit.£25.00
Trossingen Lyre bridge,
I can supply this with the dimensions of the original,
88mmX27X12mm with 4mm string spacing or can supply it lower or higher
without any string notches.In maple but also available in willow on request.
£10.00
Standard
tailpiece, This is the usual form of tailpiece which is similar to ones on bowed instruments.
I can make this is various hardwoods, Boxwood, Figured Maple, English Yew, Cherry or other woods.
(yew wood default) aprox 75mm by 32mm by 8mm.
There are 6 holes for the strings with 3mm synthetic Tailgut attached in the modern fashion for strength and longevity, gut is also available on request. Red Synthetic gut standard, also available in white and yellow.
£25.00
nylon
and Dowel tailpiece, This is the simplist form
of tailpiece now made with clear fluorocarbon tailgut and a 8mm
beechwood rod, I can make this to a standard length or you can measure what size you want using a mockup with a piece of string. Let me know if you would prefer real gut(extra £5).
£15.00
Anglo Saxon Lyre Kit
This is a new item from my workshop, Devoloped to follow the Sutton Hoo lyre in size and string spacings, these kits have the Lyre body routed and the outer profile shaped out of one piece of wood with the step to receive the soundboard.
The maple soundboard will need planing and sanding, gluing and to complete the Lyre you will need to do the final shaping of the string arm /taper and endpin.
The wood used on the soundboard is from my own stock and is quartersawn maple
The string spacings are taken from the sutton hoo, with metal zither pins suppliued for ease of use and function. (wooden pegs can be added later if desired)
The lyre is supplied with FC nylon strings, nylon tailgut with dowel tailpiece and a tuning key.
The instructions of how to complete the Lyre kit are available for free as a Youtube series:
(To complete the kit you will need either a No.4 plane/sanding sticks to flatten and then graduate the fiinal shape the soundboard, Varnish is not supplied, but the instruction leaflet will supply details. )
This kit is a perfect lyre for a first project and for customization, adding your own soundboard pins and mounts.
please allow up to 28 days for delivery for this item
£POA
Zither
tuning pins and tuning key setThis is the set that comes with both my Lyre kit and my student lyres that enables easy tuning stability when combined with nylon/nylgut and fc strings. 6 zither pins
£30.00
Nylon
Tailgut Red,
This is the standard tailgut I now use, it will outlast gut many times over. 3mm thick, comes with instruction sheet.
super strong ideal for metal strings or multi strings.
£2.00
New
Standard
model LyreAvailable to order
email to see if any are available, I sometimes keep student models or one offs.
£1050
