Lyre

Very Cool Lisa

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, Riddle Oregon

Pretty cool Lisa!!.....now that I know it isn’t what I first THOUGHT it was LOL!

-- Tony Calgary, Alberta

That’s really pretty, Lisa. Great job!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Next you’ll have to post a vid with someone playing it so we can hear how it sounds. very nice looking though!

-- You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford

Tony- LMOA it never even occurred to me.
No wonder it attracted immediate attention! LOL

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

Naw Lisa….it attracted immediate attention because it’s different, original…and you did a great job on it.
I hope you get to hear it!

-- Tony Calgary, Alberta

Excellent job Lisa, I hope you get to hear it play too.

-- Dan Wiggins

Great job on this one.

-- Donnie-- listen to the wood.

Very nice.It will be great to see it finished.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

nice work , lisa .

you will have a job in heaven ,
repairing harps !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole .

Lisa awesome work, look real nice. Superb.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

You can now go to the pile of trays/cutting boards you thought you were going to throw away and you now have a new life for them! I used to make lamps… (I could’ve said, Lyre, lyre, pants on fire…)! ;0)
Seriously, looks great.

-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!

Bedpan with adjustments???

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com

Lisa, your creativity knows no bounds! What a wonderful project… and using some of your signature woods… you make it LOOK easy, but I suspect it was not!
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

A new calling in your woodworking career—your creativity know no bounds. I would have passed if somebody asked me to build a lyre, yet you made a beautiful instrument and made it look easy.

-- Autumn "Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without."

Nice instrument.
I first thought it was some sort of potty adapter for children.

Thanks for posting.

-- Safety first because someone needs you.

I would sure like more info on how all this was done off a picture. I have made dulcimers and etc before but would love to try one like this . Any info, diagrams, plans would be great.
Yours looks GREAT. Nice job

-- Roger From Vinton

Lisa, I love it. As usual you have done a great job. I’d like to see it completely finished, and like everyone else, I would also like to hear it.

Thanks
Kent

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

cool it looks great you need to show us pictures when it has a finish on it

-- self proclaimed copycat

I’ve always had repect for people that make any kind of musical instument.
What wonderful colors and good balance. (I thought it was a bottle opener when I first saw it)

-- I don't know and I don't care what the difference is between ignorance and apathy.

Question-
I am concerned about the tensioner portion of this project. I wasn’t paying attention when I laid out the inner cut out, and removed the hard maple supporting the top cross piece. This is now only glued to the bloodwood.

Do you think I need to reinforce this piece from the sides with dowels or screws, or just leave it alone and pay better attention next time ? I would love to hear your thoughts…

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

what kind of glue did you use ?

next time ,
maybe notch the ends into the rail sides a little ,
so they can’t slide with the string tension .

your dowels sound good for now ,
the finish may have long range affect on the glue .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole .

Gorilla white wood glue. I think I will pop a couple dowels in,
since you mentioned about the finish, think you may be right.
Thanks David : )

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

Hi Lisa,
Funny… as I was looking at the pictures I was wondering the same thing as you Lisa before I read you concerns further down in the comments. Will the head have enough strength to hold the tension? The good news is that it is only six strings. Imagine if you had dared to make a 16 string! Lots of tension! I think I might have considered a varient of a mortise and tenon joint for the head of the lyre and run the grain perpendicular to the string load. I think I’m seeing in the picture that the grain on the head piece that is maple is running parellel to the load, right?

On the lower end, I cannot tell if you’ve carved a ridge in the body, but I think you’ll need some type of a bridge to hold the strings aways from the body and give a cleaner sound (oh the things I learn living with a housemate that has five dozen guitars in the house).

How thick is the piece between the two side rails? It looks like it’s thin. Is it think enough to act like a soundboard? Could you get a piece of veneer on some standoffs in the bottom depressed section?

Please post a followup picture when the finish is on. I’d like to see that.

You’re like the Evel Knievel of woodworking. Doing things that others just walk away from :-)
Love seeing your projects.

-David

-- The Pacific Northwest - where men are men and trees are scared.

David,
I agree with the grain perpendicular to the string load. I thought about that too.
The “soundboard piece” is about 1/4” thick, and the body has a sanded down area above the string holes so that the strings don’t touch the body. Great ideas on this project,
wish I had sent the preliminary layout to you before I started.
I will do a follow up once he finishes it.
Sometimes I wish I had just walked away, but that is what keeps life interesting.

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

looks great Lisa
and with those dowels
I´ll bett it will hold
thank´s for sharing

Dennis

Degoose, you are right.
When I first saw it I thought it was a fancy toilet seat

Just kidding Lisa, nice job.

-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.