Lyre Builders

 

UNITED STATES

Tir-anna Lyres, 1432 Temple Road, Pottstown, PA 19465, USA

  • A full range of handcrafted Soprano & Solo lyres plus Kinderharps, designed and built by Alan Thewless.

  • Derscheid lyres faithfully reproduced in the Tir-anna workshop as Derscheid Legacy Lyres.

  • Lyre repairs and restringing

  • A small selection of secondhand and restored instruments.

  • Strings for most lyres, good quality, made by Pyramid Strings in Germany

Contact: Alan Thewless: (484) 250-3569 / tirannalyres@fastmail.net / www.tir-anna.com

AUSTRALIA

The Lyre Ambrosial, 337 Sinclairs Lane, Walmer via Maldon, Victoria 3463, Australia / Contact:  Murray Wright / enquiries@lyreworks.com / www.lyreworks.com

Montefiore Instruments, 16 William Street Teralba NSW 2284, Australia /  Contact:  Justin Montefiore / info@montefioreinstruments.com / www.facebook.com/Montefiore-Instruments

CZECH REPUBLIC

Anton Mucial Instruments, Příbram III, Ryneček 149, 261 01, Czech Republic / Contact:  Anton Rostislav / antonlyra@volny.cz / www.volny.cz/antonlyra / (see also: http://delos.cz/en/chromatic_lyres/lyres_for_sale.html)

GERMANY

Gärtner Atelier für Leierbau GmbH und Verlag, Fritz-Arnold-Straße 18, D-78467 Konstanz, Germany / Contact: Horand Gärtner / info@leier.de / www.leier.de

Manfred Joecks LyreBuilding, Kornblumenweg 40, 78247 Hilzingen, Germany / Contact:  Manfred Joecks / info@leie.info / www.leier-lyre.de

 Choroi-Musikinstrumente Karl Schubert Werkstätten, Kurze Strasse 31 D-70794 Filderstadt, Germany / www.choroi.org / Contact: Timo Bopp, choroi@ksw-ev.de

Musikinstrumentenbau, Donnerstr. 37, 42555 Velbert-Langenberg, Germany / Contact:  Gundolf Kühn / gundolf.kuehn@t-online.de / www.lyreworkshop.com

Marius Leierbau, Tuninger Str. 22, 78073 Bad Dürrheim, Germany / Contact:  Andreas Lehmann / marius-leierbau@gmx.de / www.marius-leierbau.de/en

Salem-Saiteninstrumente, Oberrehna 5,  D-88633 Heiligenberg, , Germany / Contact:  Horst Nieder / kontakt@leierbau.de / www.leierbau.de

Martin Nies - Leierbau, Ringenhausen 4, 88263 Horgenzell, Germany / Contact:  Martin Nies / post@leier-instrumentenbau.de / www.leier-instrumentenbau.de

(Martin's colleague lyre builder, Gerard Langenhuizen, also builds sitars. See:  http://www.sitar-reparatur.de/en/instruments.html)

 NETHERLANDS

Choroi-Holland - Valkenlaan 14NL 1871 AV Schoorl, The Netherlands / www.choroi.nl / Contact: Eric Speelman, info@choroi.nl

SWEDEN

AURIS Musical Instruments Mölnbovägen 27, SE-153 32 Järna, Sweden/ Contact: Kjell Andersson / http://auris-musical-instruments.com/

SWITZERLAND

Choroi - Stiftung Humanus Haus Beitenwil CH-3113 Rubigen / Contact: Ruedi Wälchli / Markus Brechbühl (Waelchli / Brechbuehl), leierbau@humanushaus.ch

UNITED KINGDOM

Bryan Woodcraft Studio, High Trees, Bath Road, Woodchester GL5 5NS, Great Britain, UK / Contact:  John Bryan / jandebryan@btinternet.com / www.john-bryan-lyres.co.uk

Sam Irwin Lyres, 8 Glenford Way, Newtownards BT23 4BX Northern Ireland, UK / Contact:  Sam Irwin / irwin.sam@btinternet.com / www.irwinlyres.com

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