THE WORKSHOP

Our workspace is divided into four parts:

THE WORKSHOP OF LUTHERIE

This is where the lyres are born ... there are two types of tools:

Historical toolsreconstructed from archaeological sources from the period of the Iron Age in the Middle Ages and used to make archaeo-compatible instruments such as: gouges, scissors, saws, adzes, pliers, planes, etc.)

The contemporary tools that we use to make the most modern instruments such as gouges, scissors, saws, adzes, pliers, planes, etc., (and yes in 2000 years, little has changed) and of course, some common machine tools for the woodworking trades.

THE FORGE

This forge allows us to realize our historical tools according to typological files presenting tools discovered in excavations. These fact sheets provided by the archaeologists of our research center allow us to design our equipment as close as it used to be and to make the most of our archaeo-compatible instruments.

THE WOOD DRYER

This space allows us to dry the wood species that we carefully select from local varieties such as ash, maple, linden, alder but also willow, birch and so on.

TWO ORIGINS FOR OUR WOODS: The first is that of our preferred supplier who makes the cut in the forest and from whom we scrupulously select our wood. For the second, we do the harvest ourselves, directly in the forest or sometimes recover beautiful specimens that winter storms topple over. Once sampled, the log is cut into boards and then dried according to different processes depending on the type of instrument, the type of essence and the desired acoustic and mechanical properties and / or according to the drying techniques observed in historical sources, if this wood is destined for our archaeo-compatible instruments.

THE LIBRARY AND OUR DATABASE

Caesar, Strabon, Posidonius or Bède the Venerable and Grégoire de Tour through Snorri Sturluson and Saxo Gramaticus ... In the library are mixed ancient authors and archaeological reports. Gathering more than 10 years of research, our physical and digital databases represent the foundation of our sources, research and work.

THE LIBRARY AND OUR DATABASE

Caesar, Strabon, Posidonius or Bède the Venerable and Grégoire de Tour through Snorri Sturluson and Saxo Gramaticus ... In the library are mixed ancient authors and archaeological reports. Gathering more than 10 years of research, our physical and digital databases represent the foundation of our sources, research and work.