Tag: fiddle
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Authentic late 18th Century to Mid-19th Century Fiddle Setup
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Note: Listed price is for the initial deposit, which includes includes gut strings 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…
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Gut Fiddle Strings for Historic Period Retro-Setup
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Note: Listed Price is an average only. The price of the strings, which usually ranges from $85 to $120 is based on the unique string requirements for your instrument. We determine these string requirements during initial setup of your instrument. We use EXTREMELY high-quality strings, depending on the…
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Why Wittner Fine-Tune Planetary Pegs are a Good Idea
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Many people have cold feet about installing internally-geared tuning pegs on their violins or fiddles. We think that it has to do with the fact that most of us envision a planetary-geared violin peg as heavy and "fake" looking. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are…
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Reference Guides for Fiddlers
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. There are a number of low-cost and even free references that can be downloaded from the Adventurous Muse Store. FREE guide to using the "Circle of 5ths" to form modal chords (for fiddle, octave violin, 5-string fiddle and viola) available NOW: Link to Using the Circle of 5ths…
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American Civil War Re-enactor Musicians and Their Instruments
About Re-enacting Recreating every detail of the military aspects of the American Civil War (early to mid 1860s) is more than just a pastime for many thousands of dedicated people known as “Re-enactors.” Re-enactments of encampments and major Civil War battles draw thousands of enthusiastic participants and spectators in U.S. States where the major action…
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The Violin Was Perfected 300 Years Ago…Hogwash!
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Recently I had been looking at a lot of violin and fiddle related websites and blogs and have seen far too many assertions that the violin was perfected centuries ago. This ranks up there on the idiocy scale as the statement by the Director of the U.S. Patent…
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What is a filter in the context of musical instruments?
Also posted at www.WildRockStudios.com Musical instrument makers have been using filters to shape the sound of their instruments since, I suppose, the first musical instrument. For example, the evolution of early bowed string instruments to the modern violin reflects a corresponding evolution of filter design. And the evolution continues! Well-studied and frequently-cited filters critical to…
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So You Think You Need a Pernambuco Fiddle Bow, Eh?
Well, okay…some people actually do need a pernambuco bow. Read on. In a recent article, Making Sense of the New Carbon Fiber Bows, I expressed a strong preference for the new generation of braided carbon fiber bows, for violin, fiddle, viola and octave violin (sometimes called baritone violin) for meeting the needs of the modern player. Considerations I…
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