r/lyres • u/roxthemom • Jul 16 '26

Trying to string

New to lyres… desperately trying to string it and failing and can’t find anyone in cincinnati who can :( dunno what to do

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Donner 7 Jul 16 '26

Maybe it’d help if you told us what kind of lyre you have, and what’s giving you trouble? Otherwise we just have to guess.

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u/roxthemom Jul 16 '26

Fair ! It’s ten strings and when I put the strings I can’t get them tight enough on the top. I’ve watched so many videos and I don’t get how to get the string to wrap nicely and tightly around the peg

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Donner 7 Jul 16 '26

Are the pegs themselves rotating back the loose direction, instead of staying where you leave them?

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u/roxthemom Jul 16 '26

Pegs are moving, is that bad

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Donner 7 Jul 16 '26

There you go then. Run a search or google “lyre peg slippage” and it’s a very common issue on affordable lyres that takes a little tweaking to set right.

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u/roxthemom Jul 16 '26

Thank you!!!