Sambuca Harp like Lyre Luthieros Music Instruments
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This is a replica of the ancient Greek harp like lyre invented by the poet Ibycus.
Sambuca was considered to be an erotic stringed instrument (of Asiatic origin) that was used during symposiums and orgiastic worships. It was probably invented by the poet Ibycus (6th B.C.), and first played by a wandering woman called Sibyl. Sambuca consisted of an actual tortoise shell as a soundbox (or a wooden resonator made to look like a tortoise shell) and a wooden arm (or made by animal horn).
Its 7 to 9 strings was secured on a bridge hidden under its soundboard (made by animal skin), and on the other edge across its wooden arm. The Sambuca player (most of the times a woman) was using both hands while playing this ancient harp-like instrument. During the middle ages, the word sambuca was applied to a stringed instrument about which little can be discovered.
Manufactured at the premises of the ancient Europos (Northern Greece) by a family of musicians and luthiers, the “Ancient Sambuca” is made of (and only) natural materials available during the antiquity. This ancient artifact is evolved to become a modern music instrument ready to be used by music students and teachers (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).
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