Kemanes (lyra from Cappadocia)
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Kemanes (lyra from Cappadocia)
BOTTLE-SHAPED LYRA - KEMANES;
Lazaros Koskeridis
;Fivos Anoyanakis
637 cm x 110 cm x 132 cm (Number of strings: 12 (6 main and 6 sympathetic), number of keys: 12 mm, indicative string length: 288 mm, headstock length with scroll: 152 mm, fingerboard length: 261 mm, saddle height: 44 mm, resonator dimensions: 365 x 110 x 88 mm.)
Bottle-shaped lyre, 637 mm in length, with 6 main and 6 sympathetic strings, all metal. It has a violin-type headstock with a scroll, 12 wooden keys, a fingerboard and two main "f"-shaped sound holes on the top of its body, as well as 8 secondary, round ones. The 6 main strings pass over the fingerboard and rest on the top of the saddle. The 6 sympathetic strings pass under the fingerboard and then through a corresponding number of holes in the saddle's body. The string holder is made of wood. The instrument has an internal "soul", i.e. a wooden sound post wedged between the top and the back of the instrument.