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

Feb 25, 2015

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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…

Don Rickert Musician Shop is Unique: Part 1 (Hard to Find Stuff)

Feb 25, 2015

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in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, About Don Rickert Musical Instruments, About the website, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Cigar Box Fiddles, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Octave and Baritone Violins, Tertis Violas

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Don Rickert Musician Shop (D. Rickert Musical Instruments) is the place to go for unique instruments that are either very hard or even impossible to find anywhere else. Some examples: Travel / Backpacker Violins and Fiddles We make and sell the finest innovative and ergonomically perfect travel/backpacker violins…

Demos (video with audio) of the Fat Strad Deux 5-String

Feb 21, 2015

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in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Low-Pitched Instruments, Octave and Baritone Violins, Video and Sound Demos

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Demos (video with audio) of the Fat Strad Deux 5-String See the D. Rickert Fat Strad III 5-String Violin at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. The Fat Strad Deux 5-String Fiddle is a now called the D. Rickert Fat Strad III 5-String Violin. It uses the same acoustically advanced body as our D.…

David Thames Demonstrating B-Rex 5-String Octave Viola (aka Chin Cello)

Sep 29, 2014

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Donald Rickert

in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Low-Pitched Instruments, Octave and Baritone Violins, Video and Sound Demos

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. The B-Rex II 5-String Octave Viola, discussed and demonstrated on this page, has been replaced by the T-Rex Octave Viola, which is available at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. The new T-Rex is available in either 4-string or 5-string configurations. Links David Thames Demonstrating B-Rex 5-String Octave Viola…

Introducing the Rickert Violoncella da Spalla Model 16.5

May 21, 2014

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Baroque Instruments, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Violoncello da Spalla

Attention!: This is an older post about a model of violoncello da spalla that we no longer make on a regular basis. If you wish to learn more or buy one of our current models, our direct phone number in the U.S. is 1-706-896-0909. Our email is don@donrickertdesign.com. You can also learn more or buy…

Measurements for Determining Correct Violin/Fiddle or Viola Size

Apr 25, 2014

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Related article: Helping People with Special Needs Realize Their Musical Goals: Part 1 of 2 Introduction Such measurements for determining appropriately sized violins and violas for children are available many places on the Internet. The measurements and test tasks we describe below are geared towards the adult novice or…

Helping People with Special Needs Realize Their Musical Goals: Part 1 of 2

Apr 24, 2014

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in Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Observations and Opinion

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Prologue This first of two articles focuses on the problems many musicians are trying to overcome. The second article will focus on a large number of solutions we have discovered over the years. Note: The author himself multi-instrumentalist, including fiddle, violin and viola, suffers from artritis, rotator cuff…

Non-Toxic Zero VOC Old-School Varnishing Used by D. Rickert Musical Instruments

Apr 19, 2014

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, varnishing

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. D. Rickert (Don Rickert Musician Shop) has recently completed the disruption of moving to a new, better, way of varnishing, the topic is very fresh. In this article, I will tell you about the “why” as well as the “how”, at least in a summary manner. Summary With…

The White Violin Myth

Feb 25, 2014

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in Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Observations and Opinion

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Brought to you by the Don Rickert Musician Shop Introduction Most musically inclined people who use eBay are aware of the vast array of unfinished violins, violas and related instruments sold by Chinese lutheries. Such instruments are called “white instruments” in the lutherie trade. If properly completed, most…

More Photos from Field Research on Octave Violin Prototypes

Aug 6, 2013

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Donald Rickert

in Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Octave and Baritone Violins

Some additional photos from design research conducted by Don Rickert Research & Design. Note: See the Don Rickert Musician Shop for current product offerings. Click on any of the thumbnails for full-size views.

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