Trossingen Lyre (6th century Germanic Lyre)

This video shows Corwen Broch playing his reconstruction of the lyre found recently at Trossingen in Germany. The lyre in the video has six nylgut strings (gut can be substituted on request), a body carved from oak and a maple soundboard for extra volume. The original Trossingen lyre was entirely maple and this is how we now make our reconstructions (the lyre in the video was our prototype).Unlike Anglo-Saxon lyres the Germanic lyres have a one piece body without a separate yoke. These instruments are for