Pear-shaped lyra

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0469 001

OBJ469

Pear-shaped lyra

PEAR-SHAPED LYRA;

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Ch. D. L.

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Fivos Anoyanakis

1949

464 cm x 165 cm x 74.5 cm (Number of strings: 3, number of keys: 3, indicative string length: 276/316/276 mm, top of body length: 280 mm, top of body width: 165 mm, resonator height: 49 mm, saddle height: 25.5 mm.)

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Pear-shaped lyra, with 3 gut strings, 464 mm in length. It has a simple headstock whose perimeter is decorated with a debossed geometric pattern, 3 wooden keys, a saddle, two "D"-shaped sound holes on the top side of its body and a small sound hole on the back. At the bottom, the strings are tied to a wooden string holder, which is attached with wire to a protrusion of the body. The string holder is decorated with engraved geometric patterns and bears an engraved inscription that reads: "ΧΔΛ / 1949". The sound post is missing.