In 2006 we published our final "newsletter"! In 2007, our 25th year, the former newsletter gave birth to two different publications:

• The Lyre Notes contains news, announcements and reports of recent lyre happenings, as well as a list of lyre teachers, board members and instruments for sale or rent. It is being published three times a year, in the fall, winter and spring, and is generally sent to our entire mailing list. Below are links to all issues of the Lyre Notes.

• Soundings: A Lyre Review contains articles of substance and a music supplement. It is published in the late fall and early spring and generally sent only to members.

By separating these two types of material, we feel we are able to produce more frequent and better quality publications and to better serve the needs of the lyre community in North America.

We hope that everyone in the lyre community is aware of the riches in our journal, Soundings: A Lyre Review. Each issue of Soundings is published in two parts, one containing articles of real substance and permanent value and the other containing a good amount of music. They have been received much praise from the members who have been receiving them. Below is a list of the contents of the first three issues.

A very special feature in each issue of Soundings is an installment of the long-awaited "Lyre Tutor" by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg. Another highlight is the publication in the music supplement of two sets of compositions by Christof-Andreas collected under the title "At the Threshold or Beyond", for those who are approaching death or who have crossed over. We are grateful to Catherine Read and the late Jean Anderberg for their careful and inspired editing, to Richard Carter for his extensive design work, and to Richard Carter and Samantha Embrey for their beautiful musical notation.

Not receiving Soundings? We warmly invite you to join the Lyre Association of North America if you are not currently a member. Members not only support the work of the Lyre Association but also receive an annual subscription to Soundings and a discount on our conference fees and music sales. The annual fee is $50 for supporting members and $35 for regular members. To join, please print and complete the membership form and mail it, along with your payment, to the address on the form.

* Back issues of Soundings are available for $9.50 each plus mailing costs of $4.00 for the first copy and $1.00 for each additional copy. Members receive a 5% discount. Send a check (payable to "LANA") to LANA c/o Embrey, PO Box 96, Piney River, VA 22964).

* Back issues of most of our newsletters (pre-2007) are available. Please contact Samantha Embrey for pricing and availability (434-277-8180; ).

* All issues of our Lyre Notes are available online

• Winter 2007
• Spring 2007
• Fall 2007
• Winter 2008
• Spring 2008
• Fall 2008
• Winter 2009
• Winter 2010*
• Spring 2010
• Fall 2010
• Winter 2011
• Spring 2011
• Fall 2011/Winter 2012
• Spring 2012

• For the Fall 2012 issue of the Lyre Notes, please send news, announcements, and reports on events in your area along with photos to Nancy Carpenter
( /17155 Sioux, Detroit, MI 48224).

• For Soundings, submit articles, poems, or music to Samantha Embrey
( / PO Box 96, Piney River, VA 22964).

Letters to the editor are welcome for both publications!

• Catherine Read, "Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, A Biography - Part I"
Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part I"
• Sheila Johns and Channa Seidenberg, "Towards a World Lyre Community: The Birth of an Idea Inspired by Lyre 2006"
• Music supplement: Michaelmas and Christmas music, Bach and more

• Catherine Read, "Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, A Biography - Part II"
• Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part II"
• Robert Grace, "Therapeutic Lemniscates"
• Music supplement: Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "At the Threshold and Beyond"
  (12 compositions, with suggestions and explanations.)

• Hajime Kira, "Where Do the Sound and the Tone of the Lyre Come From?"
• Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 3"
• Ingeborg Derscheid (trans. Channa A. Seidenberg), "Biography of Heinrich-Michael Derscheid"
• Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "At the Threshold and Beyond"
• Music Supplement: At the Threshold and Beyond II – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg (14 compositions)

• Laura Langford Schnur, "Truth, Tone and Tuning"
• Gerhard Beilharz (trans. Mado Spiegler), "Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Julius Knierim's Elboration and Development of Lyre-playing Technique"
• Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 4"
• Music Supplement: 7 compositions (Lindenberg, Josquin, Maasz, Jackson, Seidenberg)

• Sheila Phelps John, "The Erosion of Listening: A Contemporary Crisis of Childhood"
• Paul Matthews, "This Silver Lyre" (a poem from Slippery Characters)
• David Adams, "An Introduction to the Musical Work of Manfred Bleffert"
• Soundings Interview: "A Lyre Builder Shares His Story: Murray Wright, Australian Lyre Builder"
• Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, "The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 4 (revised)"
• Music Supplement: 7 compositions (Starke, Brewer, Logan, Bach, Lindenberg, Anonymous)