Kementzes (Pontic lyra)

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Kementzes (Pontic lyra)

PONTIC LYRA;

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Nikolaos Lazaridis

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Nikolaos Lazaridis

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Nikolaos Lazaridis

613 cm x 101 cm x 78 cm (Number of strings: 3, number of keys: 3, indicative string length: 332 mm, headstock length: 84 mm, fingerboard length: 298 mm, saddle height: 14 mm, resonator dimensions: 436 x 101 x 67 mm.)

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Bottle-shaped lyra, 613 mm in length, with 3 metal strings. It has a leaf-shaped headstock, 3 keys that are inserted into it from the front, a fingerboard, two main parentheses-shaped sound holes on the top of its body and 4 small secondary, round ones. On the sides of the body, there are a total of 4 other small holes, perforated at an angle. The tailpiece is made of wood and fixed with wire to a wooden pin. The instrument has an internal "soul", i.e. a wooden sound post wedged between the top and the back of the instrument. The fingerboard is decorated with a total of 20 holes. The lyra is accompanied by a bow with black hair and a violin stretcher.