Viola da gamba The video shows the viola da gamba and the treble viol: That’s how the da gamba family has expanded, step by step: viola bass, treble viol, tenor model, 7-string model. This viola da gamba is free and personal inspirational and it can be declined in various models:…
Travel cello Violoncelle électroacoustique à encombrement minimum (largeur totale avec la pique = 103 cm), manche réglable (action des cordes). Table en épicéa, corps et manche en érable ondé, touche en palissandre. Mécaniques à bain d’huile de guitare basse, micro Fishman dans chevalet Despieu + micro Piezzo passif intérieur avec…
Hurdy-gurdy with a neck Mai 2019 : nouvelle fabrication, nombreuses améliorations : axe, mécanique, système de palier. Ce nouveau modèle est équipé d’un système de débrayage des cordes en laiton et d’une facilité de positionnement du protège roue pour le réglage des cotons. Manche en noyer, fond et éclisses en…
Yayli tanbur The Turkish yayli tanbur inspired me to create this instrument (bowed “tanbur”, major instrument of Ottoman classical music). It is played with a bow, with 2 strings played : A-D (cello strings D-A) and 6 sympathetic strings tuned A-D-A.The drum and resonator are made of walnut, there’s a…
Bowed viol The scale length is the same as the one of a tenor violon. The body is made of solid alder and spruce veneer as for the soundboard and maple for the back. In the video, you can see the bowed viol and its first 8-string model: Among the…
5-string bowed viol Modèle ci-dessous (bois naturel ou version teintée) : accord DGDGD, cordes de dessus de viole, compatible boyau, table, fond, éclisse et manche en noyer, touche et cordier en alisier teinté, chevilles Pedheds, micro Piezzo interne. The model shown below is tuned DGDGD, the soundboard is made…
Cello The instrument is shown in the first video, and Fabienne Condi played a small cello tune in the second one. The soundboard is made of spruce, the back and the sides are made of maple, the neck is made of apple-tree wood, the fingerboard is made of service tree…
Cello di borbone It’s a 16-string cello, the soundboard is made of spruce, the back and the sides are made of cherry-tree wood, the neck is made of maple, the fingerboard is made of rosewood, there are fine tuned Wittner tuning machines, harpsichord tuning pegs for the sympathetic strings.
Lyra viol I got inspired by various instruments (Indian ones, for example) and that’s how I could make this “lyra viol” which is a combination of a bowed viol, of a lyra and a banjo… I’ll try to find a musician (a true one!) to make a better demo…
Pochette violin and its alto version The pochette violin is made of curly walnut wood monoxyl, the fingerboard is made of boxwood, there’s a piezo mic. Alto model (viola version): the soundboard is made of spruce, service tree monoxyl, and there’s an active electrostatic mic.
