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Perhaps ill have to learn how to do that and then compare the two techniques.

No internal bracing, I wasnt sure an instrument this side would require it. Is bracing generally considered a better option than a support under the board which runs between the back and soundboard?

I seem to remember the soundboard is about 2-3mm, sorry I cant be more precise.

Heres a picture, unfortunately I dont have one with the warping but this shows it after i've added the changes. The warping was just a concaveness at the centre of the soundboard, previously the bridge was a much thicker solid piece of wood. There would normally be 10 strings on the instrment too. T...

Ah sorry about that.

Hello I've made a 10 string lyre and now im looking to make improvements on it. Something I noticed was the pressure from the strings was pushing down on the bridge was making the soundboard concave and this created a gap in the middle under my bridge. I put some wedges under the gap just to experim...

Good idea. Seems quite hard to pull off.

Perhaps I could add a perl inlay to cover them up, might look random but I think would look better than otherwise.

Interesting idea. I wonder if that would make any noticeable difference for finger positions when plucking, it would probably be minimal. Perhaps I'll just have to test it out.

Yes I think that would be an option. I think it would look a bit ugly however so if I could do it another way I will, maybe making a tenon joint? Not as easy but I guess would look cleaner, wood glue is pretty strong too but with my lack of experience that would be a risk.

The program is here http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MK&Category_Code=lib_stringanalysis I had to actually do a paypal transaction of 0.00 to get it. I might not have done this correctly though. Though its for harps, I think its also compatible for other instrum...

Heres a bit of a crude drawing i've just done. http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae22/Citaran87/exp22.jpg The drawing on the right is the large dowel rod which goes along the top. How i've designed this each string will go through a hole in the rod, then the string is tied onto a kind of peg/small ...

Hello I have a quick question if anyone could help I'd appreciate it. I plan to have the strings between a zither pin at the base and a thick dowel at the top which will have holes for the strings to pass through then a small piece of wood for the string to be tied to. One thing I'm worried about is...

Thanks for the replies. I can't remember the name of the program but I'll find out and post back with it.

Hello, I'm trying to make a lyre, using harp strings. I've got a nice program that lets me enter the information about the note I want, string material, length and diameter and gives me results about the tension. What i'm a bit confused about is when it comes to me using a bridge. So I will have two...

I think I will definitely reconsider metal pegs.

Would a 16:1 reamer be less expensive than the violin 1:30 one?
Or were you suggesting that because it would be thicker so stronger?

Hi Jon I most likely plan on using harp strings, possibly some other kind of nylon. I don't have any experience with metal pegs, I play violin and guitar. I did read somewhere that metal are more difficult to tune, stiffer or something but perhaps that's not true? Would metal pegs reguire a taper dr...

Hi, if anyone can help i'd be very grateful. I've never made an instrument before. But I have a plan for a 10 string harp/lyre, but have a couple of issues. First off I've decided to use wooden tuning pegs at the base of the instrument. I've seen that I could use metal pegs but they arnt very easy t...