Tag: Musical Instruments
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Measurements for Determining Correct Violin/Fiddle or Viola Size
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…
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Helping People with Special Needs Realize Their Musical Goals: Part 1 of 2
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…
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Non-Toxic Zero VOC Old-School Varnishing Used by D. Rickert Musical Instruments
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…
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The White Violin Myth
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…
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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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The Use of Tuned Porting in Modern Stringed Instruments
Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Tuned porting has been a critical aspect of audio system speaker enclosure design for many years. Only recently, has the idea of porting beyond what is provided by the sound holes, been considered in the design of musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments, plucked as well as bowed. With stringed musical…
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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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