A Treble Viol

Descant Viola da Gamba

Glueing the blocks

Bending and glueing the c-pieces

Glueing the back piece

Fitting the tailpin

Backpiece, glued and planed

Small four string lyra in progress

4 strings tuned to A(880 Hz) - D - G -C or a small variation at 29 cm.

Mandore finished!

Mandore - Fitting rosette, bridge and nut

The rosette (cocobolo), bridge (walnut) and (wal)nut are yet to be glued.

Borders cut to fit the purfling

Sunlight (with purfling)

Improvisation

And photos of the lyra construction.

Pictures of the second lyra

Made in the garden of the owner..

An impression

Of a gutstrung cretan lyra: Ερωτόκριτος


Pictures from the video in better quality:

Mandore Progress

Using a similar body construction (one piece) to the cretan lyra this 'Mandore' will be strung according to Mandolino tuning exept the lower three courses. These will be one octave apart (internally). 

The wood for both pegs and body is walnut.