It has a metal soundbox covered with snakeskin and a long fretless fingerboard. Woolley visited the lyre in 1955, and remarked that the soundbox seemed too large. The instrument consists of several iron lamellae, fixed to a rectangular wooden soundbox. The larger the soundbox, the lower the pitch range. It has a large soundbox covered on one end with snakeskin. It has a large soundbox covered on one end with python skin. Using a various type of wood to build the soundbox. The "Juwel Electro Soundbox" phonograph was their own creation and was released in 1926. It has also been speculated that it was the soundbox of a musical instrument. The soundbox of these instruments is not large enough to amplify the sound. In March 2013, he opened his own Observer Soundbox studio on Lyndhurst Road in Kingston. The soundbox is carved out of a single piece of wood. The treble end had a tenon which fitted into the top of the "com" (soundbox). The newer model has a larger amplifier or a larger soundbox, which is perforated.