I made a 5 string lyre with a cigar box body. The strings are tuned to a pentatonic scale.

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Comment by Joe Nanzer on January 22, 2020 at 10:44am

This is awesome!  I may try my hand at this.

Nice job!

Comment by Jim Morris on January 18, 2020 at 10:09am

Very cool Daniel!

Comment by James R. Knaub on January 18, 2020 at 8:54am

Great idea! Love it!

Comment by Pickedmoor Jon on January 17, 2020 at 7:34am

This looks great and sounds good too. I know nothing about harps and lyres but would the strings in a normal lyre be so far apart or is this just an experiment and a proof of concept?

Keep on building

Comment by Tom Schaefer on January 17, 2020 at 6:11am

Sweet

Comment by Bob Johnston on January 15, 2020 at 4:56am

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the construction.  

Comment by Poorness Studios on January 15, 2020 at 3:55am

Very cool. Love this idea.

Comment by Dave Lynas on January 14, 2020 at 1:10pm

Cute little thing. Purdy too

Comment by 3 String Blues on January 14, 2020 at 9:53am

so cool!

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