The original Kravik lyre (picture on the right) was found in 1864 in Norway, and its wood carbondated to around 1300 AD. You can find it on display at the Norsk Folkesmuseum in Oslo.
It is a 7 string lyre, which gives the player a little more range and the larger body makes for more projection of sound. The original has been restored multiple times, as the pegs had split off. An extra peghole had been erronously made, making it seem like an 8-stringed lyre.
No sound board survived, so the one on our replica is a modern interpretation.
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