Intro-This Instrument was constructed to be simple to do in only 40 hours by students in grade and high-schools as a project.
Earlier Instructables could also be reviewed to help in constructing the simple Lyre of 13 string notes.[1.5 octave].
Ref. Aug 5,2009 Mini-Zither and Portable mini-lyre dated Mar.6,2011 by Mistic..
General detailsFollowing the construction is straight forward.You can use all dimensions as approximately =-1/16 inch tolerance.
The wood used here is white pine but you can use any you have on hand. The hand rests are 1/8 in 3-ply plywood used here.
The resonator box is any box you can make or buy on the Craft market. The jewel-box with side clasp is under 6 dollars. You have to use sand paper and stains you like. We use water based acrillic and finish with Poly-urethane finish.
To make sure the box is sufficiently strong we have injected a bead of E6000 glue in side on all corners.Do this before lacquering .
Box size is to be as close to this size as possible -7 x 7 x3 in. but if it is wider then extend the length of the tuning 3/4 in dia. rod and hand rests but keep the location of the tuners as shown with a spacing of 1/2 inch. The 3 inch height can be variable also since the lid is 1 in. high and the other half is 2. as an approximation. The resonator surface must be thin though. It is usually 3ply 1/8 in . thick. We used the bottom of the box as the resonator surface as a result.That is, we reversed the box so the lid is under the resonator surface as shown here.A v-shaped hole ws cut in lower box section for sound out.
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