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 The model shown below is tuned DGDGD, the soundboard is made of spruce, walnut monoxyl, the back and the sides are made of walnut, the fingerboard and the tailpiece are made of chequer-tree, there are viola strings (it’s possible to put gut strings on it), there are…
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.
Rebec The videos below shows the violin rebec, and you can hear 2 improvisations by Marion Zammarchi: Violin rebec: for this instrument I used the same dimensions as the ones of a violin, all the position indicators are the same. Indeed, I noticed that lots of violon players don’t…
2-string violin made of skin
Marine trumpet The name of this instrument is kind of problematic! How is it possible to give it the name of “trumpet” whereas it’s a stringed instrument? Why would we call it “marine” whereas it has no relationship with sailing? Most of the time you find the following explanation about…
Hurdy-gurdy marine trumpet The hurdy-gurdy marine trumpet was created by Philippe Berne & Dominique Engles. This instrument was first shown at the Château d’Ars meetings in St Chartier, July 11-14 2015…
