Too long darkness has reigned in Durin’s halls:

“The world is grey, the mountains old

The forge’s fire is ashen-cold

No harp is wrung, no hammer falls

The darkness dwells in Durin’s halls”

But no longer. After too long a slumber, instruments are coming off the business end of the bench:

The “Ancient Muse”

21 brass strings from G below middle C to high F

Cherry wood