Kementzes (Pontic lyra)
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Kementzes (Pontic lyra)
BOTTLE-SHAPED LYRA - KEMENTZES;
Ioanna Papantoniou
562 cm x 96 cm x 82 cm (Number of strings: 3, number of keys: 4, indicative string length: 323 mm, headstock length: 95 mm, fingerboard length: 265 mm, saddle height: 17 mm, top dimensions: 354 x 96 mm, resonator height: 65 mm.)
Bottle-shaped lyra, 562 mm in length, with 3 metal strings. It has a headstock with the design of a human head in relief, 4 keys that are inserted into it from the front and from the sides, a uniquely-shaped fingerboard, two main oblong sound holes on the top of its body and 4 small secondary, round ones. Another 4 small holes are located on the side walls of the resonator. The string holder 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 has a painted spotted decoration.