During my last all too brief visit to the Luthieros team in Thessaloniki back in October 2017, I felt that I had the unique blessing of the pantheon of ancient Greek gods themselves, in getting to perform on the wonderfully evocative Luthieros "Lyre of Thamyris"!

In Greek mythology, Thamyris (Greek: Θάμυρις, Thámuris), son of Philammon and the nymph Argiope, was a Thracian singer who was so proud of his skill that he boasted he could outsing the Muses. He competed against them and lost. As punishment for his presumption they blinded him, and took away his ability to make poetry and to play the lyre. This outline of the story is told in the Iliad...

Manufactured at the premises of the ancient Europos (Northern Greece) by a family of musicians and luthiers, the “Lyre of Thamyris” is made of (and only) natural materials available during the antiquity. This ancient instrument was evolved to become a modern music instrument ready to be used by both amateur and professional musicians (for example, a modern tuning method was chosen instead of the ancient hard-to-use one). For all the minor (but very important) alterations, latest technologies were used during the prototyping phase (such as 3d Scanning and 3d Modeling).

This lyre has 11 strings. The soundbox is made by wood shaped to produce rich sound, the arm, the tailpiece, the crossbar, the bridge and tuning keys by maple wood, the sound-board by animal skin, and the plectrum by wood. The lyre’s braces are beautifully carved depictions of birds, with a thin layer of varnish to protect the wood and make the whole instrument even more imposing on the eye.

The lyre of Thamyris is reconstructed by Luthieros Music Instruments with the collaboration of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Find more about their research and beautifully handcrafted music instruments here:
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This presentation of the Luthieros recreation of "Lyre of Thamyris", features an improvisation in the intense, microtonal ancient Greek Archytas Enharmonic Genus; also demonstrating the fascinating rhythmic effects which are possible during performance, thanks to the carved wooden plectrum which can also be used percussively against the skin soundboard of this beautifully hand-crafted lyre!

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