To be your first bowed lyre it is very well made and very viking/fantasy themed. But i find the bottom plate and the walls a bit to thick,they should be around 5-6 mm like your soundboard. In your soundclip,it sounds a bit "thin",but there is volume in it - (higher tuning=more volume). If you made thinner walls and bottom,u would have got a warmer sound to it,i think. Dont get me wrong,its well made,like i said. Just a tip to remember for your next taglharp. Keep building! ;)
Good point about thin box walls. I haven't actually had my hands on one of these yet but have been giving thought to a skeletal structure with veneer shell... like a traditional cello. I've got to get one to fiddle around with a bit. Cheers
Great video! What's the stuff you in the holes for the pegs at 15:54? I'm trying to make a lyre but I'm not sure about how to stop the pegs from turning back when I tune it
Nice build. I've been thinking of doing the same for a while now. Very much appreciate you sharing this. It has given me much to consider. I've been building other folk instruments... diddley bow, cigar box, rhythm pieces etc. Truly love the sound of the tagelharpa. Cheers
Well done! Lots of effort went into this and you accomplished your vision. One thing I noticed was how you used the chisel. I used mine like you do for years, but then one day an old timer told me to flip it over so the beveled side is TOWARD the workpiece. I thought he was insane, but I tried it and he explained to me that when the bevel side is DOWN you can angle the chisel up and down better to moderate the depth of your cut (assuming the chisel is very sharp). Using it bevel side up tends to bite into your workpiece and rip out more than you intended. I just thought I'd pass that along because if we don't, the good ideas die with us. Keep on making stuff!
As a northern scandinavian i love this video and feel drawn (pun intended) to the instrument, its sounds of home. But I see that it's often is sped up and on the crucial steps (bow, tuning, strings etc), I would prefered those steps to be shown in slow pace to be able to see the crusial steps and learn how its actually done, but keep it up it looks great and sound awsome! Try Rosin if you tried beewax, sounds better!! Im gonna make one myself this summer, going for as close to history-accurate as possible to the documented viking-age findings. One question, what gauge of the fishingline are you using and how many of that line is twisted into said string? Because I feel that horsehair is level 2.0 hahah. Vallhalla väntar broder, greppa ditt kalla hjalt och be för kraft i dina slag! skål! 🍺🇸🇪
Hi sorry i know it’s been a while since making this but how would this work with fishing line? Do you need to twist them as well to make a string or is it just different thickness?
@@nateweeks4094 That a lot of people add it withing their viking art, and this symbol has nothing to do with paganism or the viking age. It's an Icelandic christian stave symbol from the 1880's.
That was awesome! I know the patience and focus it took to build that! Beautiful instrument!
brilliant work. thanks for sharing!
To be your first bowed lyre it is very well made and very viking/fantasy themed. But i find the bottom plate and the walls a bit to thick,they should be around 5-6 mm like your soundboard. In your soundclip,it sounds a bit "thin",but there is volume in it - (higher tuning=more volume). If you made thinner walls and bottom,u would have got a warmer sound to it,i think. Dont get me wrong,its well made,like i said. Just a tip to remember for your next taglharp. Keep building! ;)
Good point about thin box walls. I haven't actually had my hands on one of these yet but have been giving thought to a skeletal structure with veneer shell... like a traditional cello.
I've got to get one to fiddle around with a bit.
Cheers
Beautiful work, well done!
Great video! What's the stuff you in the holes for the pegs at 15:54? I'm trying to make a lyre but I'm not sure about how to stop the pegs from turning back when I tune it
You can do without the fine tuners and stick to peg tuning and replace the paracord with rope if you want to take a more traditional route.
Nice build. I've been thinking of doing the same for a while now. Very much appreciate you sharing this. It has given me much to consider.
I've been building other folk instruments... diddley bow, cigar box, rhythm pieces etc. Truly love the sound of the tagelharpa.
Cheers
Well done! Lots of effort went into this and you accomplished your vision. One thing I noticed was how you used the chisel. I used mine like you do for years, but then one day an old timer told me to flip it over so the beveled side is TOWARD the workpiece. I thought he was insane, but I tried it and he explained to me that when the bevel side is DOWN you can angle the chisel up and down better to moderate the depth of your cut (assuming the chisel is very sharp). Using it bevel side up tends to bite into your workpiece and rip out more than you intended. I just thought I'd pass that along because if we don't, the good ideas die with us. Keep on making stuff!
How would you chathis to make a bass or celloTalharpa
That's nice work, dear fellow craftsman. You have my respect as a craftsman myself ;-)
Nice job! What wood is the bow made of?
As a northern scandinavian i love this video and feel drawn (pun intended) to the instrument, its sounds of home.
But I see that it's often is sped up and on the crucial steps (bow, tuning, strings etc), I would prefered those steps to be shown in slow pace to be able to see the crusial steps and learn how its actually done, but keep it up it looks great and sound awsome! Try Rosin if you tried beewax, sounds better!!
Im gonna make one myself this summer, going for as close to history-accurate as possible to the documented viking-age findings.
One question, what gauge of the fishingline are you using and how many of that line is twisted into said string? Because I feel that horsehair is level 2.0 hahah.
Vallhalla väntar broder, greppa ditt kalla hjalt och be för kraft i dina slag! skål! 🍺🇸🇪
What kind of wood should be used in the construction of these harps?
Maple was used quite a bit.
Can you share the blueprints?
Hi sorry i know it’s been a while since making this but how would this work with fishing line? Do you need to twist them as well to make a string or is it just different thickness?
Cool video well done! Sounds good too :)
Beautiful
Was there a reason you cut out the sound holes after you attached the plywood? Or was it just a ‘dang, shoulda done that first’ moment?
It's easier to cut through when floating vs sitting flat on something as you would have to cut through the material that it's sitting on
I want one.
yeah,muy buena
Very nice, but you probably should have added a sound peg as well as a bass bar.
It does, just forgot to film it haha
Out of curiosity, can this be played both bowed and plucked?
I think it probably could! I’ve seen pizzicato violin and cello before, so I don’t see you you couldn’t!
I like the instrument itself but a talharpa bow should never be tight until used by the player
very nie work
There is a much better way to hollow out the bottom part than turning a large amount of solid wood to dust with the router
Use a coping saw or some kind of reciprocating saw like a jigsaw.
Nooo, not the vegvisir :( I literally wanted to start crying when I saw you engraving that symbol on this beautiful piece.
What's wrong with that symbol
@@nateweeks4094 That a lot of people add it withing their viking art, and this symbol has nothing to do with paganism or the viking age. It's an Icelandic christian stave symbol from the 1880's.
so? its still northern european. and also of scandinavian culture.@@Aftenstorm
It gives me the feeling that the strings were a little loose... even so, very good work
And you put a fucking iron cross on it 🙄
Столько трудов и такой херовый звук
Столько труда и в никуда!