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Here is a sound sample http://snd.sc/lQ1o9H

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Permalink Reply by herman vandecauter on April 28, 2011 at 9:00pm

No guidlines, intuition and the site of http://www.michaeljking.com/index.htm

colin mcgrath said:

I love it Herman, I feel like wondering through the Labyrinth in Crete.

Did you design this yourself? Or is there a guide online somewhere?

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Permalink Reply by herman vandecauter on April 28, 2011 at 9:06pm

keep an eye on my youtubes I wil make a duet Lyra & ukulele next week if everything goes fine!

http://www.youtube.com/user/01herman

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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on April 29, 2011 at 2:31pm

A true thing of beauty, this! It seems to have a lute like quality to the tone. Ethereal. BRAVO!

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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on April 29, 2011 at 11:03pm

We got our info from the link below...We did not know about your guy. He has some really nice stuff.

The Saxon Lyre: History, Construction, and Playing Techniques

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Permalink Reply by herman vandecauter on April 29, 2011 at 11:40pm

That's also nice to have as info! thanks;

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