After 12 years of intensive research, design, prototype development, and field trials, an instrument was born which manifested the archetypal qualities Patrick had sought in such an instrument. Following blind tests conducted by the North American Lyre Association, Patrick’s work in the form of the Rose Lyre was introduced at the 1993 North American Lyre Conference and heartily endorsed as the third generation of true Lyres, and the first (and only) outside of Europe. Since then, the Rose Lyre has grown to a 30 string soprano range lyre. After this dramatic introduction in 1993, the Waldorf School Movement requested that Patrick design instruments appropriate to the pedagogical work of Waldorf Schools due to the prohibitive costs associated with the European instruments.

Described further within this site are the Hermes and Apollo Lyres, which were developed in the same manner as the Rose Lyre through the Waldorf movement. The Hermes was born in May 1994, and the Apollo became available to the world in the fall of 1997. These instruments have gone on to be utilized in Waldorf Schools and teacher training programs in the general public due to their soothing qualities and ease of use. The research continues, even as these new instruments are being circulated around the world, and we continue to search our minds (and yours) for ways we can further your work and/or life experience through the inner nature of music. At present, Rose Lyres are being played in homes and concerts from here to Japan, and Hermes and Apollo Lyres are being utilized not only in the home, but are also enthusiastically promoted in Waldorf educational systems.

In 1997, spurred by the desire to make healthful, nourishing aspects of music more readily available to more people, we broadened our horizons, and began producing a catalogue called "Nature's Song" . . . and now, with the advent of the new Millennium we are pleased to offer you this web site.