Diary 3

We are planning to give a series of house concerts. Late Medieval and early Renaissance music, mainly instrumental on 'authentic' instruments. Flageolets, gemshorns, psalteries and the like. But I'll also play my lyre, the modern version of the old Greek Kythara. I tried to order strings from Japan, but that company has disappeared. So I ordered new strings from the States. No problem. Until I started, and all the strings were about one inch too short. So I had to cut the tailpieces of other strings and attach those to the proper ones between the bridge and the end of the lyre. Took ages. Fun!! The new strings sound good though. Now comes all the rehearsing.

Fortunately some of the other instruments we play have fewer strings, like our Tambourine de Bearn and Galoubet.