Where you can take one set of horns off , and switch for another set

they have cross-brackets and reinforcement "bridges" to hold the string riser

Simply making two into one

And they may be vastly different inside

Well. The lyre is thinner I'll admit

Not to mention that the volume of the resonance chamber/cavity may vary too

True ...

I thought it was a neat idea

Besides... that is not so much carpentry, but musical instrument building

A violin, guitar or a cello maker would be able to tell you much more about that

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/220406978952822794/682621476641570930/video0.mp4

I was wondering if making a set up like this would affect the structural integrity of the instrument or if I should make another one entirely

https://tenor.com/view/kizuna-gif-8739903

Form is not strictly necessary for an instrument - it's the reverb of the resonance chamber that matters

Alrighty. I'll send a few pics of the body tomorrow morning. I have it all finished except for a few designs but the body itself is finished mostly

Well, for structural integrity in any string instrument you need to counteract the string tension without deformation (or without too much of it)

And in some also have a string riser hold that load too

Like it had in the picture of the lyre

Some instruments just have so much wood that string tension and shape don't really matter

Those are essentially overbuilt

But for something as light and thin-walled as cello, the shape has to be what it is for structural integrity

Alright.

That's the thickness of the sound box . And it's about 3.5 inches thick

To me it appears to be like two guitar necks joined at the top

Yeah I didn't want the neck to snap from too much weight being on one end

Resonance chamber needs some thin walls to sound nice

Since it's not as thin as a guitar would be

So it may not sound great with how thick it'll be ?

Guitar neck is usually a laminate

What wood you using for the body

I.e. it has two pieces of wood glued together to better tolerate the load

Fuck you I want olives now

You sick fuck.

I'm craving the salt

I'd taste that

It's interior plywood for houses. I filled the gaps in the wood with wood putty

Let’s push the bar on what’s technically not NSFW