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- #22,546 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
- #36 in Harps
Product Description
Protective Bag
The lyre harp with a gig bag as gift. You can take it to travel, camping, have a picnic or whenever/wherever you go.
Wish Aklot lyre hap bring you much fun to your daily life!
Tuning Wrench
Use a wrench to adjust the string tension by clockwise or counterclockwise when tuning.For a better effect, you can download tuning tool on your phone:
Gstrings for Android system
Tuning App
When tuning the lyre harp, you can't adjust too much at a time. When the string is slightly stretched, you should start to use the app. Slightly twist the tuning each time to avoid breaking the strings.
Note Carved Design
Aklot 17 strings lyre harp with carved notation on each tuning peg, more intuitive and easier to learn for students and new beginners.You can play it without musical instrument basic.
Jennifer
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
Great quality and sound. Good purchase.
Wilvera M.
Reviewed in Australia on January 28, 2025
Great sound. But you need to tune it very often.
So adorable
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2024
4 strings broke trying to tune it! The sound is just awful!!don't waste your money
Vincent G.
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2024
I bought this lyre as Aklot was a name that mentioned in a few reddits and the price was within what I was willing to pay for in order to get started. I specifically chose the deer head because of the string count but because it looked like it had Ibex horns— and as someone who larps as a satyr, I kinda dig the goatish look.The pros::The strings stay in tune IF you stretch them correctly. (I have unfortunately snapped both my A5 strings and have had to get along without it.)It’s pretty solid construction and I’ve had no issues with it.Great beginner harp for those looking to just start out.Full access to all strings from behind.The Cons::Honestly, my only main con is how tightly packed in the strings are. It makes it WAY too easy to accidentally pluck the wrong string or buzz against others.Overall opinion is that while the strings are super close together it was still easy for me to go from zero experience to now learning my 5th song in just 30 days of anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour of practice a day.
Francis Li
Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2024
good product
Marisa
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
Very pretty lyre, really like it on paper, but:As other reviewers have mentioned, the included strings are crap. They have included, essentially one set of steel guitar strings, but the thing is that the steel guitar string set they included just can't handle the tension on the last two strings, even if you ease it in. They WILL snap and it DOES hurt. If you're lucky, it'll snap in the middle of the day when you're in another room. If you're unlucky, it'll happen when you're playing it. If you buy this lyre, go ahead and buy nicer guitar strings. Use an E string for the highest notes. Consult a music store for help (and buy something for their trouble!).The finish itself is very good except in the drill-holes for the strings, which are very very rough. I had to lightly sand them. There's some leftover sawdust and shavings packed into the hole, which is annoying to remove.The tuning pegs, as others have noted, stink. It is VERY difficult to tune them because they really want to jump up 3-5 pitches, even if you go as gently as you can. There is no real fix for this, you would have to pay a luthier to replace all the pegs and at that point you should just buy a whole new lyre. So you're just gonna have to put up with it.BUT, when you get it in tune, when you use proper strings, when you clean up the machining flaws, it's a beautiful instrument. That work is the price you pay for a cheap lyre.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
Cute lyre harp, but needed instructions on how to tune. I have larger Celtic harps, so, I'm familiar on how to tune. The first string broke immediately.
Zeina52
Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2024
This definitely is a keeper so easy to play. Tuning is a little difficult with pegs so tight. Also the strings need to stretch before it stays in tune. The sound is just beautiful I like it much more than Kalimba I have both.
Bren
Reviewed in Canada on December 17, 2024
This is very beautiful and I look forward to learning how to play!
Bob Dylan,AmyGrant,Michael W Smith Fan
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
This is a very nice little harp it’s wooden and very cute. I’m in the process of tuning it. I am hopeful to have it tuned in a week. I’m letting it get climatized since it was very cold and wood can contract. I’m being very careful with the strings. It comes with a set of strings , a small tuner, picks, song book, and a very nice case. When this harp is finally tuned it is going to bring lots of joy.
Mary wonderland
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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Sharon B.
Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 2023
This is such a charming instrument that sounds very sweet. The tuning pegs are tight so no slipping issues at all. Just like all string instruments this took a while to settle but is now keeping in tune. I love it. So compact and handy to play just about anywhere.
RR
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023
This hand-held string instrument is so convenient to play anywhere when going for walks, visiting someone in the hospital to soothe their stress, or as a caregiver, sitting with a dog, or when a child or infant goes to sleep and relax with the sweet sounds. One does not have to play recognizable songs, one can play random strings the way it is tuned, and it is best to use one side for that, or one can try and tune the instrument to a pentatonic scale. However, one has to be careful not to tune a string too tight as they can break. Then again, a set of new strings comes with it, which is nice. When I first received this instrument and wanted to tune it, I hesitated to tighten the strings too much, but I realized that was how to tune it. And it is easy since the notes are written on the instrument. And I believe it is customary to tune the instrument several times before it stays tuned. This instrument sounds so lovely to play for oneself or others. I wished it could be tuned like a piano, but it is tuned to a kalimba scale; however, I discovered that tuned this way, one can strum chords like a guitar and play familiar songs that way, or just strum chords alone, which sounds beautiful too. This Aklot mini lyre is perfect for adults and children, and the sound is tender and sweet and can be meditative and reduce stress, and therefore be very healing as well as fun.
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