Tag: Don Rickert
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Is it a Tailpiece or a Chin Rest? How About BOTH!
The Tailpiece-Chin Rest Combination from Dov Schmidt Dov Schmidt, himself a violinist and conductor, is also one of the most innovative suppliers and inventor of ground-breaking bowed string instrument accessories such as chin rests and tailpieces (http://www.dov-music.com/). We have begun using Dov Schmidt Harp-style tailpieces on a number of Don Rickert Lutherie instruments. These tailpieces…
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Tattooed Fiddles by Don Rickert Design
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Do you want a "full body suit"…not on you, but for your violin or fiddle? We have not figured out fiddle body piercing yet, but we are working on it. Read on… The decoration of musical instruments has been done for hundreds of years. Such decoration has included inlay work of…
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Tatooed Violins and Fiddles (New Photo Albums)
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Don Rickert Lutherie is gearing up to offer custom "tatooing", more properly called "rosing" or inkwork decoration for a number of our musical instruments. This service will be available via our Adventurous Muse Store. We will have a proper article about what we are doing and the history behind…
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Why the F-Type Mandolin Dominates Bluegrass – Flatirons Dominate Celtic (UPDATE)
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Have you ever seen a Bluegrass mandolin player playing anything but an F-Type or a Celtic player ever playing an F-Type (the photo with the scroll on the left). There are reasons. Read on… Musicians in just about every genre except Bluegrass, including Old-Time (lots of F-Styles and…
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A Brief History of Flatiron-Type Mandolins (UPDATE)
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Flat-Top Flatiron-Style Mandolin by Don Rickert Design (now Don Rickert Lutherie) and available from the Adventurous Muse Store is of the general type known as either "pancake" or "flariron". It has that mellow, yet still loud and powerful sound sought by Celtic (both Irish and Scottish) players, as well as…
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Adventurous Muse Store Gets National Business News Coverage!
The Adventurous Muse Store is, of course, the place you go to buy musical instruments by Don Rickert Lutherie and other select manufacturers. Fox Business has a section called Small Business Center. The Small Business Center does a regular column on DETERMINED enterpreneurs. We are featured in today's column, Determined: Reader Round-Up By Brandi Stewart.…
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Gut Fiddle Strings: Let the Truth Overcome Your Fear!
Metal wound strings and modern synthetic core strings (e.g. Dr. Thomastik) are wonderful for the modern fiddler, regardless of the type of music he or she is playing. The good ones, such as D'Addario Helicores and Infeld Super-Flexible rope core strings, sound great, are easy on the fingers (and your instrument) and stay in tune. Other…
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