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Andy Letcher links to a video reconstructing the ancient Greek kithara, a surprising complex cousin of the common lyre, <\/a>associated with the god Apollo.<\/p>\n

Whoever invented the ‘whammy bar’, the device which gives this ancient lyre its characteristic vibrato, must have been divinely inspired, as must have Michalis Georgiou<\/b>, the luthier who patiently rediscovered it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andy Letcher links to a video reconstructing the ancient Greek kithara, a surprising complex cousin of the common lyre, associated with the god Apollo. Whoever invented the ‘whammy bar’, the device which gives this ancient lyre its characteristic vibrato, must have been divinely inspired, as must have Michalis Georgiou, the luthier who patiently rediscovered it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[33,34],"class_list":["post-6445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-greece","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1FX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5798,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5798","url_meta":{"origin":6445,"position":0},"title":"Multi-media Sutton Hoo","author":"Chas S. 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