Pear-shaped lyra
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Pear-shaped lyra
PEAR-SHAPED LYRA WITH BOW WITH GERAKOKOUDOUNA;
Perrakis
487 cm x 142 cm x 71 cm (Number of strings: 3, number of keys: 3, indicative string length: 251/303/251 mm, top of body length: 220 mm, top of body width: 142 mm, resonator height: 50 mm, saddle height: 21 mm. Bow length: 564 mm.)
Pear-shaped lyra, 487 mm in length, with 3 gut strings. It has a simple headstock with a round extension at the top. It is possible that the instrument previously had a middle pin, but it has been removed. It is decorated on the headstock with debossed vegetal designs (rosette, flower), the design of a star and a geometric pattern (triangles). It comes with 3 wooden keys, a saddle, a sound post and two round sound holes on its top. The strings at the bottom are tied to a leather cord, which is wrapped around a protrusion of the body. One of them is missing for most of its length. The neck forms a triangle on the back and there is a groove along the centre of its back. The instrument is accompanied by a bow with 10 bells (2 round ones and 8 disc-shaped).