Musical instruments psaltery, lyre
Greetings! My name is Eugene, I am from Belarus and I am engaged in the manufacture of ancient musical instruments. My instruments are handmade, they have a natural appearance, bright natural sound, allowing you to extract perfectly harmonious combinations of sounds with the ability to look into the distant past. Here you can see my works and buy a musical instrument. To purchase a tool or other questions, please contact me at these contacts. Shipping to various countries is possible. Terms of delivery and payment are agreed individually. Write to me and we will discuss everything.
Psaltery listening, psaltery sound

I can make you a psaltery, below are the instruments in stock:
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Psaltery № 1, 11 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping




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Psaltery № 2, 11 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



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Psaltery/Kantele № 6, 11 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



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Psaltery/Gesle № 7, 5 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



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Psaltery № 3, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



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Psaltery № 4, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping


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Psaltery № 5, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



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Psaltery № 8, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping




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Psaltery № 9, 11 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping


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Psaltery № 10, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping

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Psaltery № 12, 12 strings,
price: €($)180 + shipping



Psalteries have different names in different countries such as KANTELE, PSALTERY, KOKLE, KANNEL, KANKLES, GUSLI. It is a musical string instrument of ancient origin, which from ancient times was famous for its enchanting sound. The psaltery is considered the oldest type and progenitor of other stringed instruments. When playing, the instrument is usually in the lap, plucking with two hands to extract the sounds, or only the right hand, and the left hand muffles the strings. Simple songs or improvisational compositions is not difficult to create on the psaltery without any experience, due to the simple selection of melody of the sound of the strings, because whatever string you take all sounds beautiful and harmonious. Psalter was originally not only a musical instrument, with their help, people conveyed their thoughts, feelings and knowledge. Psalter consists of a flat oblong long hollowed or assembled body, bottom deck and top deck with holes for soundboard, pins for the tension of strings, string-holder, along the front deck strings are stretched like a fan. The name is given by the appearance of the back part which protrudes after a row of pegs in the form of a wing. For manufacture can be used wood of coniferous and deciduous species, such as: spruce, pine, maple, oak, cedar, alder, etc. The scale is diatonic, usually in a major scale. Basically for the making of psaltery there are only small workshops, which are created by true lovers of antiquity. Psaltery is perhaps one of the most interesting folk instruments. And if you think that their life is a thing of the past, it is not so at all, more and more people recognize and show interest in this instrument.
Making a lyre (kravik lyre), below are the instruments in stock:
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Kravik Lyre №1, 7 strings,
not available



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Kravik Lyre №2, 7 strings,
not available



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Kravik Lyre №3, 7 strings,
not available


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Kravik Lyre №4, 7 strings,
price: €($)280 + shipping



The lyre is an ancient stringed plucked musical instrument from the 14th-16th centuries. It has a flat rounded body, usually has 7 nylon strings, but may have more. It consists of a wooden body, sound resonator cavity connected by a partition with two handles. The lyre is a musical legacy from ancient times: this stringed instrument has been widespread in many countries and has been updated by different civilizations and given different shapes and names. The lyre is considered the most popular surviving type of medieval stringed musical instrument. One popular type of medieval lyre is the Kravik Lyre, a handcrafted stringed instrument that we offer you in an updated modern form with a custom design.