10-string Harp I got inspired altogether by day, night, winter, summer, top or bottom and that’s how I came to draw this harp with a reversed shape… 10 nylon strings (guitar ones) in pentatonic scale (like sanza or African n’goni) that creates a relaxing atmosphere. It has a glue-laminated structure…
Sun-lyre It’s a variation of the sun guitar…
Dulcimer, or chromatic dulcimer In the video below, you will find my demo (last model) and the flyhippy video (first model): When making this instrument, I intended to give the guitar-players the ability to play the dulcimer without having to change fingering (the dulcimer is played like a keyboard instrument).…
Filbasse 1 string, 1 mic: the filbasse, or “Horse bass”…! A bass, an animal!? A fiddle (?? Drums! A saxophone? And when you mix all of them, here’s what you got… Isn’t it stunning?! Basswood or mountain ash body, wavy chestnut soundboard, elm turnbuckle, Piezzo pickup.
Sun ukulele It’s a variation of the sun guitar…
Allumette ‘Allumette’ guitar (matchstick in french): 1 mic, 6 strings…
Chanteur n°1 12-string guitar, 650 mm scalelength: 5-string playing slide, double string, 6 sympathetic strings. Spruce top, alder monoxyl, apple wood back, Piezzo pickup.
Chanteur n°2 11 string guitar: 6 playing strings + 5 basses. Scalelength 650 mm for guitar and 790 mm for bass. Spruce top, cherry back & sides, 3-cell Piezzo pickup (strings and percussion), oil-bath guitar tuners.
Petit saz tenor Here are the explanations given in the video: In the video you can see the citols or moorish guitars, or saracen guitars that I make. They are all made of solid wood, these are instruments that I draw, this one is made of plane-tree as for the…
Moorish guitar Ci-dessous une vidéo de l’atelier ainsi qu’une vidéo plutôt sympa de Guillaume Levy sur une de mes maurache et citole à archet ! You can see below the first model of citol, moorish guitar or saracen guitar, the soundboard is made of walnut wood. Le modèle évoluera…
