Thank you! 🙂

Sorry, not for sale. It is a one of a kind piece. Thanks for watching!

Depends on a lot of factors. It took me about 6 months, but I only have time on nights and weekends. Someone focused on the project could probably do it in a couple of weeks at the fastest. Just a guess. Thanks for watching! :)

For me, I wasn't certain what to do at that point you mention. So for my sound board, it does not touch the pillar and is only connected at the bottom, sides & top of the sound box. The spine the strings attach to, forks at the bottom and goes around the pillar. I do not know if that's a great idea or not, but it worked for me. I'll post a photo of this to my community tab so you can see.

Links for the hardware are listed in the description. The rest is hickory wood. I don't really know the cost, since some of the materials I already had to hand.

@rosascreativeworks5403 Thank you so much

Thank you for watching and commenting! :)

Alas, I only made one. There are similar lyres available on Amazon, however.

Sorry they didn't work for you. Mine have been fine this whole time.

Sorry, I don't have .pdf plans. Mainly because this was as much of an experiment as an actual design. I hope to build another version perhaps starting this winter and make it a little larger. The string spacing was too tight for my fingers - though I do have fairly large hands. So hopefully my next experiment will be better suited for folks to try. :) Thanks for watching & commenting.

Well, it has been a few years now. I think I spent close to a $1000+ on the materials, and it took me about 2 years from start to finish. The harp is based on plans from Robinson Harp Shop. Of course I was only working on it in my spare time. :) Best of luck with your project.

Thank you! :)

:) This is Dad's project, but he does amazing stuff with wood and motors! 😎

Awesome! :)

Wow, those are pretty neat. I've never heard of this before. I appreciate the suggestion. Thanks!

Thank you, it was a fun little project. Hopefully soon I can get back to making more new things.

That is an excellent question and one I should have addressed already ... but I forgot. So I have updated the video description with links to the hardware materials I used in this build. Hope that helps and best wishes with your own build.

Thank you!

I do remember. Sorry it wasn't working out for you. Time is always a challenge. Best of luck with your project though.

That's an interesting question. I don't know for sure. I'll have to take it to work and see if I can weigh it.

It weighed in at 1.5 kg, or 3.3 pounds.

Thanks for weighing it! I appreciate it. I have one of the 'cheap' 19-string from Amazon and it weighs 995g. I was curious to know the difference. Yours looks fantastic and fits you well. And I had fun watching you make it. Thanks for bringing us along on the journey! @@rosascreativeworks5403

@@cherrycordial4180 glad you had fun too. I sure did. Now I'm on to the next project. :)

Thank you! It was a lot of fun.

Nice. Thank you. I still need to work out the tuning especially for the lower notes, but that'll be a work in progress. I'm excited to have it done.

Thanks for subscribing. We are working on more videos, but it will take some time to get through all the editing. :) Stay tuned. :)

No, but that's interesting. Might have to try it. I've seen others who use pliers to pinch the metal to better hold the bristles. But I haven't seen anyone heat it yet. Unfortunately at the moment I cannot try it as I'm not allowed open flame in the apartment. Thanks for the thought though!

@@rosascreativeworks5403 i was thinking maybe a heat gut or heating a pair of pliers with a heat gun then krimping. Maybe holding the brush at the krip with a pair of pliers and aiming the open end of the brush at the heat gun tip, while angling the brush end out of the heat, so the heat only goes up the handle.

@@RockSleeper not sure if that would be hot enough or not. Alas, I found out the hard way that a heat gun will also set off the fire alarms in the apartment, so I cannot use one of those either. LOL. But maybe when I finally find a house and have a workshop again, I can give it a try.

@@rosascreativeworks5403 oh didn't think about that. I know my heat gun will get hot enough, but smoke is definitely a possibility.

Thank you! Hehe. I just put the strings on this weekend; if I hadn't broken two of the strings I'd have it really going. But it does sound nice. Still have to work on tuning it up. :) Stay tuned, I'm working on it! :)

Thanks for watching! 😇

Alas, no. I don't make them for sale. Thank you for asking. :)

Thanks a bunch! My Dad builds wooden boats, and eventually (hopefully later this year) I'll get some videos up of his work as well. Those projects (boats) are too big for me. I'll stick with harps, but the craftmanship is still amazing!

Yes, it's surprisingly hard to keep things on camera. My gear as gotten better since, but there's still room for improvement. Thanks for the feedback, and thanks for watching! :)

THANK YOU! :)

Thanks. A nice easy one. :)