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Violoncellos da Spalla by Donald Rickert

Apr 4, 2023

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Note: There is an update to this article entitled, Violoncellos da Spalla by Donald Rickert (Update Feb. 2024). We announced this very cool instrument in 2018. Since then we have made almost two dozen Violoncellos da Spalla for customers all over the world. Our instruments are played by some of today's preeminent Violoncello da Spalla…

Cool Instruments for Hep Cats Podcast: First episode to post week of March 19, 2023

Mar 17, 2023

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Donald Rickert

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Yeah, I know that I said that it would launch on March 17. What with some instrument completion deadlines and St. Patrick's Day stuff, it is going to be delayed by a few days. My bad! Stay tuned. Happy St. Patrick's Day 2023!

Our New Podcast and YouTube Channel: Cool Instruments for Hep Cats

Mar 2, 2023

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Donald Rickert

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I am launching a new podcast and YouTube show, “Cool Instruments for Hep Cats”. It will be available, both as an audio podcast, as well as a video version on YouTube. Initially, the audio podcast will be available on Spotify, with the other usual channels to follow. Interviews with guests and recording has been going…

Donald Rickert is In the March/April 2023 Issue of Strings Magazine

Feb 28, 2023

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Historic Instrument Replicas, Observations and Opinion, Pochettes, Kit Fiddles, Pocket Fiddles

I (Don Rickert) am in the March/April issue of Strings Magazine! I am honored to have been one of several experts interviewed for the article, A Pocket Full of Sound, by Karen Peterson in the March/April 2023 issue of Strings Magazine (No. 311, March/April 2023). I wish I could share the entire article here, but…

Celebrating 10 Years of Gangnam Style – Way to Go, Psy!

Feb 28, 2023

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Donald Rickert

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Originally known in Korea, not as a K-pop artist, but as a controversial and satirical hip-hop artist, Psy (slang for “psycho” – real name, Park Jae-sang) achieved international fame in 2012 with the music video to his humorous pop song “Gangnam Style”. Psy is considered to be the first K-pop artist to make a breakthrough in…

Offbeat Songs for Cool Cats: New Podcast From D. Rickert Musical Instruments

Dec 28, 2022

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Donald Rickert

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We just launched our new podcast, Offbeat Songs for Cool Cats, just in time for Christmas 2022. Below are links to play Episode 1, Parts 1 and 2 via Spotify. We aim to post an episode every 2 weeks. The next is scheduled for on or about January 5, 2023. I'll be telling you more…

Do You Really Need a Violoncello da Spalla?

Oct 28, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Observations and Opinion, Octave and Baritone Violins, Violoncello da Spalla

Note: There is an updated version of this article entitled, Octave Violin or Violoncello da Spalla? You might find it strange that I am asking this question. After all, I am a luthier who makes violoncellos da spalla. Should I not just be happy when someone wants me to make one for them? Donald Rickert,…

Almost Half of a Violin: What is That???

Oct 27, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Mezzo and Quasi-Mezzo Violins, Octave and Baritone Violins

We have introduced a new violin design, which we are calling the “Quasi-Mezzo Violin”, at least until we decide to call it something else. Taken literally, “Quasi-Mezzo Violin” would indeed refer to “almost half of a violin” in Italian. That would be pretty funny. In reality, the colloquial meaning of “mezzo” (literally “middle”) in the…

New Quasi-Mezzo Violins by Don Rickert: 4-String, 5-String and Octave Violin Versions

Oct 25, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Mezzo and Quasi-Mezzo Violins, Octave and Baritone Violins, Violin Octet – New Violin Family

Many players of violins, especially fiddlers, spend much effort seeking instruments that, while tuned the same (for a fiddler, this is often something different than the standard G3 D4 A4 E5) but with a less shrill, indeed darker, timbre, with excellent sonority. The Quasi-Mezzo Violin by Don Rickert is an acoustic violin designed to deliver…

The Mezzo Violin: One Way to Achieve Deeper Timbre with Outstanding Projection

Oct 25, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Mezzo and Quasi-Mezzo Violins, Observations and Opinion, Violin Octet – New Violin Family

Many players of violins, especially fiddlers, spend much effort dreaming about and seeking instruments that, while tuned the same (for a fiddler, this is often something different than the standard G3 D4 A4 E5) but with a less shrill, indeed darker, timbre, with excellent sonority. As Darol Anger colorfully put it, many fiddlers… "…tire of…

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