I wanted a tagelharpa / bowed lyre sound for some Nordic-themed projects, and didn’t have access to the instrument or any samples that sounded appropriate. I did however have a violin bow and a big, droney, resonant instrument with steel strings. So I decided to sample my Irish bouzouki, loosening the strings to get the natural bassy sounds, and sampling both short ‘chops’ and long, sustained bows, retuning and then capoing at intervals for the higher notes. I think it does a good imitation of the gritty, earthy tone I was looking for in a tagelharpa. There is a clicking noise in some of the long samples which is not an artifact, but the sound of the bow itself hitting the strings or body – consider this a ‘warts and all’ instrument. There is also some variation in articulation in the short RRs, particularly the highest note, so certain RRs will work better if used as accented beats, which might require some tweaking / programming. An optional Legato script is bypassed by default, but can be activated ‘under the hood’ by clicking the Bypass off, which should reveal a bunch of legato controls. I recommend the ‘Cello 2’ preset as a starting point. I think the sustained notes have the potential to be used as a cool pad – particularly if manipulated so the actual bowing noise is removed and only the resonant sustain retained. But that is out of my realm, so I hope someone with expertise in the area will feel inclined and welcome to do something useful with it. I included a ‘pad beta’ patch with the note starts of the long notes moved to after the bowing as a starting point.