The Lyra harp guitar is inspired by William Eaton who built the original Lyraharp Guitar.
This version was designed in close collaboration with Echo Greywolf, the musician who now owns and plays it.
The Harp Guitar is played like a standard guitar, the harp guitarist can pluck the harp strings or let them ring along with the melody strings adding depth to the overall sound.
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- The top, back and sides are made from Hawiian Koa wood. The necks are made from mahogany and topped with ebony. The body and necks are trimmed in curly maple.
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- Close-up of the harp guitars head.
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- Lyra Harp Guitar Head
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- The inlay uses a scroll motif found in many historical harp guitars. The two doves at the 12th fret symbolize peace and music.
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- Tuning machines are gold Gotoh’s whith ebony knobs. Hitch pins are machined from brass.
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- There are a total of 24 strings, 10 sub-bass, 6 melody and 8 super trebles. They can be tuned any way the played wants and sound great when tuned to open tunings.
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- The Lyra Harp Guitar
Can you give me a rough price estimate for a harp guitar? They’re gorgeous!
Hi Nina, Sorry but I no longer make this style of harp guitar (way too much work!) but I am building Dyer harp guitars that start around $3000 and you can see them at http://www.dyerharpguitars.com
If you are no longer making them, would you consider selling specs or plan?
Sorry, but I don’t have any detailed plans. I made this guitar under a licensing agreement with William Eaton since he has coprwrited the Lyraharp design. He will provide you the plans for his version of this instrument but it’s more of an electric/acoustic and the structure is very different from mine.
I just got your reply! Thank you for your response. I truly understand and truly believe it is a work of art and deserves to be in a museum. Hopefully one day I will be privileged to play it 😉 It has definitely made me a fan.