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Thread #170854   Message #4132260
Posted By: leeneia
13-Jan-22 - 01:07 PM
Thread Name: mystery instrument
Subject: RE: mystery instrument
Wikipedia says "a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke that lies in the same plane as the sound-table and consists of two arms and a crossbar."

My instrument doesn't have the strings on a crossbar, so I decided it is not a lyre. However, I've now seen pix of modern instruments which resemble mine and are also called a lyre.

However, the moveable bridge is a whole nother ball game. What do I do with that?