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Dear Forum,

I am a harpist with several harps but recently acquired a curious ten string lyre with a beautiful sound. It is wire strung but unlike most lyres has no bridge, instead the strings are threaded right through the sound box opening and anchored to the base. I found only one instance of a kinnor lyre having strings threaded through its soundbox and no others. There is at least one other identical to mine so it seems to be a design of an instrument maker. Any thoughts here would be so appreciated. It has a deep and rich tone. Please see photos attached.

Never seen one like that before, but a reverse image search on Yandex turned up this: https://marinimadeharps.com/kinnor.htm
It has an essentially similar harp, made by a company in Pennsylvania. Apparently a type called in Kinnor harp.

Thank you so much, Jim. The only difference is the marini has a bridge. I found other kinnor's of different design (jubilee for example) that do thread through the opening at top. Its definitely a kinnor. alas, I would love to find the maker as there seems to be at least one other floating about in North America.