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Trossingen lyre Turquoise / Ready-to-ship
Trossingen lyre Turquoise / Ready-to-ship
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Trossingen lyre Turquoise / Ready-to-ship

738,00 $

The Trossingen lyre is a instrument found in the excavations of ancient Trossingen. Dates from the 6th century.
This is a reconstruction option without engravings and with minor changes for better sound in our time.
It is a great instrument for singers and reenactors, and is suitable for solo playing or for playing in a group.
Its soft timbre and warm sound great recreate the atmosphere of the early Middle Ages, atmosphere of ancient skalds.
It is unique that after almost one and a half thousand years, we can exactly recreate this instrument, and hear what people heard in the early Middle Ages.

This instrument is ready to ship, you get exactly the instrument you see on the photo.

Contents of delivery:
- Instrument in Cherry body and Shellac finish with Nylgut strings (length - 80 cm (31.4 inch), scale length - 60 cm (23,6 inch))
- Tuning key
- Hard playwood case for delivery

🔻 Attention: Due to a small cosmetic defect shown in the last photo, there is a $50 discount on this instrument. The defect does not affect the sound or playability.

We use G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 tuning as standard
But upon request, we can tune another, but not higher.

Each Trossingen lyre body is made from a single piece of wood, this is our principle.
For the top of the instrument, we use the highest quality resonant spruce, which is the key to the high-quality and deep sounding of all musical instruments.
We tune the peg system so that for tuning process the instrument be is simple and intuitive. We also do our best to keep the correct tuning of the instrument as long as possible.
We install nylon strings, they give a wonderful soft and warm sound to the instrument and are very easy to use.
We can also offer nylgut strings for installation, in my opinion, today this is the best that can be installed on this instrument.

We also offer
- Various types of strings:
*nylon (default)
*nylgut + 70$
*gut strings (requires discussion)
- Comfortable soft case for everyday use +120$
- Piezo pickup installation +50$
- Any design change

* coating on this instrument (in the photo): Cherry body and Shellac finish

The sound example of this instrument -
https://youtu.be/pQBGtEX9UIM
https://youtu.be/53GczcFA-vE
https://youtu.be/cgqxHbC7f9o
https://youtu.be/DLPAY0cc6H8
https://youtu.be/qvNi44qJ3As
https://youtu.be/J9jXHqjGrCQ