The Anglo Saxon Lyre Project
THIS SITE HAS BEEN SET UP TO PROMOTE AND DISEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT THAT NEARLY VANISHED FROM OUR CULTURE. IT IS INTENDED AS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY KIND OF INTEREST, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR LARGE, IN THIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF OUR 'ENGLISC' PAST. IT WILL DEAL WITH THE INSTRUMENTS HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, PLAYING TECHNIQUES, PHOTOGRAPHS, SOUNDFILES AND YOUTUBE POSTS. IT WILL, I HOPE, ALSO GENERATE ENOUGH INTEREST FROM LIKE MINDED PEOPLE, WHETHER PLAYERS OR RESEARCHERS, OR JUST GENERAL CURIOSITY TO POST THE ODD ARTICLE FROM PEOPLE. SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION AND ENOUGH INTEREST THEN PLEASE DO EMAIL ME VIA THE CONTACT PAGE AND LETS GET THIS LITTLE KNOWN INSTRUMENT BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT AND HEARTS OF THE 'ENGLISC' AGAIN.
DR ANDREW GLOVER-WHITLEY
This is my own Lyre "Two Ravens" that I made in 2015. It is a cross between the Sutton Hoo and the Prittlewell Lyres with a few minor alterations.
