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Going Electric: Part II of A Different Way of Achieving the Range of an Octave Violin and Octave Viola

Jul 24, 2015

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Attention!: This is an older post. Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. This article is by D. Rickert Musical Instruments, a highly regarded designer and maker of acoustic purpose-built octave violins and violas, as well as 4-string and 5-string electric violins. All of these instruments are sold via Don Rickert Musician Shop. Introduction This…

A Different Way of Achieving the Range of an Octave Violin and Octave Viola: Part I

Jul 23, 2015

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in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Electric Violins, Low-Pitched Instruments, Observations and Opinion

Attention!: This is an older post. Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. This article is by D. Rickert Musical Instruments, a highly regarded designer and maker of acoustic purpose-built octave violins and violas, as well as 4-string and 5-string electric violins. All of these instruments are sold via Don Rickert Musician Shop. We have…

T-Rex Octave Viola by D. Rickert Musical Instruments with Demo Video

Jul 22, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Low-Pitched Instruments, Octave and Baritone Violins, Tertis Violas, Video and Sound Demos

Attention!: This is an older post. Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. How good can an acoustic octave viola sound? The T-Rex Octave Viola sets the standard. Note The T-Rex Octave Viola by D. Rickert Musical Instruments and other amazing low-pitched acoustic bowed instruments are available at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Go Right to YouTube for…

Your Amplified Violin Not Working with Effects Processors?: The Problem is With Your Pickup!

Jun 11, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Electric Violins, Observations and Opinion

Attention!: This is an older post. Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. You will want to see the updated version of this article, entitled Your Amplified Violin Not Working with Effects Processors?: The Problem is With Your Pickup! (UPDATE 11-2017) Introduction Many violinists with an “amplifier-ready” (i.e. has a pickup) instrument try to use effect…

Modern Travel and Backpacker Violins: Baroque Pochettes and Modern Travel Violins at the Don Rickert Musician Shop (Part 2 of 2 Parts)

May 3, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in 5-String Violins and Fiddles, Announcements, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Baroque Instruments, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Historic Instrument Replicas, Video and Sound Demos

Attention!: We have more recent articles about Travel Violins. Better still – See the Travel and Backpacker Fiddle category at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Modern Travel and Backpacker Violins D. Rickert Musical Instruments makes some of the world’s finest Modern Travel Violins (aka Backpacker Fiddles) and more models (6 models currently; one a 5-string).…

Baroque Pochettes and Modern Travel Violins at the Don Rickert Musician Shop (Part 1 of 2 Parts): Pochettes

May 2, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Backpacker Violins and Pochettes, Baroque Instruments, Bows, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Historic Instrument Replicas

Attention!: We have more recent articles about Travel Violins. Better still – See the Travel and Backpacker Fiddle category at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. If it is Baroque pochettes, violins or violoncellos da spalla you want to see, go to the Baroque Instruments Category at the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Introduction D. Rickert Musical…

About Stromberg-Voisinet and it Successor, Kay Musical Instruments and How This Relates to D. Rickert Musical Instruments

Apr 9, 2015

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, Guitars, Historic Makers and Instruments, Low-Pitched Instruments, Mandocello, octave mandolin, Tenor Banjo

Attention!: This is an older post. We are currently working on newer and better instruments in this category. Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Introduction This article relates to several new instruments to be announced soon (or will have been announced by the time you read this) by D. Rickert Musical Instruments and available…

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…

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…

Authentic Early 20th Century Old-Time Fiddle Setup

Aug 19, 2013

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Donald Rickert

in Announcements, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Don Rickert Musician Shop, For Civil War and Other Re-enactors, Historic Instrument Replicas

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Note: Listed price is for the initial deposit, which includes includes gut string by one of several Master String Makers specializing in gut strings AND special offers on Master Bows. We will contact you about additional required work for the conversion, which is generally in the $200 – $300 range. What…

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