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…
Bowed citol (or moorish) Ci-dessous 2 vidéos de l’atelier ainsi qu’une vidéo plutôt sympa de Guillaume Levy sur une de mes maurache et citole à archet ! A new soundboard allowed me to make this new 3-string bowed citol, and the model with 4 sympathetic strings on a second…
Bowed mandola
Eden G (Guitar) This Eden G is the first born in my “Eden” range, it is at the dawn of a great adventure… Offering musicians the opportunity to play on instruments that are unique in the world is an extraordinary pleasure on which I have worked hard since the beginning.…
