Originally Posted by
DavidKOS
A you say, this may have been a "new type of instrument" - but it may have been one of those odd attempts at improving the lyra as it evolved from the version now known as a lyraki, and to become the modern lyra.
Check this picture from the Museum of Greek Traditional Instruments, Athens:
Note the varied body shapes and the 2 instruments with F holes .
It sure is a mystery.
I do not think it is related to the 3 string klasik (fas,il) kemenc,e, which has 3 gut strings, the middle string is longer, and has wooden tuning pegs.
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