Tiple
Tiple A South-American musical instrument, tuning DGBE, 4×3 strings!
Author: berneluthier
10-string Harp
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
Sun-lyre It’s a variation of the sun guitar…
Dulcimer
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
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
Sun ukulele It’s a variation of the sun guitar…
Allumette
Allumette ‘Allumette’ guitar (matchstick in french): 1 mic, 6 strings…
Chanteur 1
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 2
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
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…
