Category: Old-Time Music

Back in the Saddle Again! (And the Economics of Attention)

Sep 2, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Observations and Opinion, Octave and Baritone Violins, octave mandolin, Old-Time Music, Rickert and Hale, Luthiers, Violoncello da Spalla

First, thank you for your valuable attention. This will make sense if I can hold on to your attention for a few more minutes. In the words of Aerosmith: I'm backI'm back in the saddle againI'm backI'm back in the saddle again Man, nobody can screech our lyrics like the great Steven Tyler! Gene Autry…
Violoncello da Spalla in Old-Time Music: A Match Made in Heaven

Aug 27, 2022

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Donald Rickert

in Baroque Instruments, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Observations and Opinion, Old-Time Music, Video and Sound Demos, Violoncello da Spalla

If you don’t know what a violoncello da spalla is, click here for a description. The short explanation is that it is a very small 5-string cello that is suspended by a shoulder strap and played across the chest more or less under the chin, as shown in the image of our friend Peter Walker…
Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Makers of Violoncellos da Spalla and Other Fine Bowed Instruments

Dec 21, 2021

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Donald Rickert

in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, About Don Rickert Musical Instruments, About the website, Announcements, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Banjos, Baroque Instruments, Bows, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Historic Instrument Replicas, Octave and Baritone Violins, Old-Time Music, Strings, Fittings and Accessories, Tenor Banjo

For more information about us, including our online store, the Don Rickert Musician Shop, see Introducing the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Don Rickert Musical Instruments is a premiere designer and maker of innovative custom and historic musical instruments. Since starting our musical instruments enterprise in 2007, we have dealt primarily in those of the bowed variety (e.g.…
Don Rickert Musician Shop: Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge

Apr 23, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in About Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Announcements, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Banjos, Baroque Instruments, Bows, Cigar Box Fiddles, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Electric Violins, For Civil War and Other Re-enactors, Guitars, Historic Instrument Replicas, Mandocello, Octave and Baritone Violins, octave mandolin, Old-Time Music, Tenor Banjo

Don Rickert Musician Shop (D. Rickert Musical Instruments): Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge Introduction It is quite clear that we are the place to come for the unique stuff…things you just cannot get at either the corner music store, traditional violin shops or…
Don Rickert Musician Shop is Unique: Part 2 (Every Sale a Consulting Engagement)

Feb 25, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in About Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, For Civil War and Other Re-enactors, Gut Strings, Historic Instrument Replicas, Old-Time Music

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. For Don Rickert Musician Shop (D. Rickert Musical Instruments), every sale of a premium instrument is a consulting engagement, focused getting the setup exactly right. Part of the purchase of a new violin is customer specification of stringing and accessories appropriate for one of a number of historic…
Introducing the New Don Rickert Musician Shop

Feb 19, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Baroque Instruments, Bows, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Historic Instrument Replicas, Low-Pitched Instruments, Octave and Baritone Violins, Old-Time Music, Tenor Banjo

The Don Rickert Musician Shop is the new online retail face of Don Rickert Musical Instruments, premiere designer and maker of innovative custom and historic musical instruments. Since starting our musical instruments enterprise in 2007, we have dealt primarily in those of the bowed variety (e.g. violins, fiddles and related instruments such as octave fiddles). We…

Category: Old-Time Music

Back in the Saddle Again! (And the Economics of Attention)

Violoncello da Spalla in Old-Time Music: A Match Made in Heaven

Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Makers of Violoncellos da Spalla and Other Fine Bowed Instruments

Don Rickert Musician Shop: Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge

Don Rickert Musician Shop is Unique: Part 2 (Every Sale a Consulting Engagement)

Introducing the New Don Rickert Musician Shop