lyre from Creta 4strings.

This Lyra constitute an example of the classical Cretan lyra with 3 strings, but its bridge is more wide and consequently its fingerboard it wider as well.
Tuning: (from the bottom sting to the upper)

                                         or
G4 = 196 Hz                 C4 = 130,81 Hz
D5 = 293,66 Hz            G4 = 196 Hz
A5 = 440 Hz                 D5 = 293,66 Hz
E6 = 659,26 Hz            A5 = 440 Hz

Its sound body is made of curly Hungarian maple with chrysalids.
Its soundboard is made of cedar From Libanon.
For the construction of the fingerboard it has been used ebony, and for decoration of the white circles it has been used pearl-shell.
The model of the tunning machines are Schaller .

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