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Small Lyre — 7 String
SKU: LYR-08-BRN
$48.00
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Compact 7-string lyre in the ancient Mediterranean tradition, producing clear, sweet tones that reward slow and deliberate playing.
or inquire directly →Specifications
| Dimensions | 8" × 5" × 2" |
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| Weight | 1.5 lbs |
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About This Instrument
The lyre is one of antiquity's most symbolically charged instruments — associated with Apollo, Orpheus, and the harmonic ordering of the cosmos in Pythagorean philosophy. This small 7-string version captures the essence of the form in a portable, approachable instrument whose delicate tone encourages the meditative patience that lyre playing demands. The strings respond to light plucking or strumming, producing individual tones of clarity and small chords of surprising sweetness. A beautiful object for desk, altar, or practice.
Harmonic Philosophy
Seven strings, seven modes, seven classical planets, seven chakras — the heptad is the harmonic number that encodes the complete cycle before returning to the octave. Plato described the seven-stringed lyre as the instrument of cosmic order.
