We stock mandolins and mandolas, bouzoukis and banjos, ukuleles, sitars, ouds, koras and ngonis, harps, zithers, autoharps, cimbalas and many others. We also stock a variety of specialist items for any manner of band or genre within our unique selection of guitars and stringed instruments. Many people simply think of stringed instruments as a guitar, but we have a range of wooden instruments for kids and more experienced musicians, that are perfect for teaching that ‘next level’ of musical craft. Whether you are solo, in an orchestra or in a band, the sound of a stringed instrument can fill up a room, and we have a great selection here that can teach memory, skill and teamwork from an early age right up to the experienced expert. To see all the five string instruments I currently have available, click here.Learning a stringed instrument is a skill most of us would secretly love to have. I can certainly understand why players fall in love with the double bass, and especially the five-string double bass, with the lowest-of-the-low B-string at their beck and call. There is a special thrill, however, in building a huge instrument, seeing the “beauty of the beast,” and feeling the floor shake when I draw out long, growling bass notes with the bow. They are huge, and they completely monopolize my small workspace when they are in progress so I am more likely to default to smaller instruments. I build an occasional double bass, but they are a lot of work. (This can also be done, of course, but it does add length to the bass scroll, and presents an additional source of fragility.) People want the freedom to reach for lower bass notes without having to add a “B-Extension” to their bass. Here is a sample: Five String Cello Scroll Five-String Double Bassesįive-string double basses are increasingly common. Customers have sometimes asked about them, but usually, it was just an “idea” they had, and they were not prepared to place an order. In the near future, I hope to build a Violoncello da Spalla. I can build both, and hope to soon have some to display here, but, for the moment, I only have the violoncello piccolo. Hopefully, I will see a rising demand for these instruments, but, for the moment, they are a rarity. The violoncello-piccolo and the violoncello da spalla have been extant for centuries, and music has been especially written for both. Five-String Cellosįive-string cellos are not a new thing. I have several such instruments in stock, ranging from 14″ five-string violas to 16-1/2″ five-string violas. But not everyone can play a larger instrument, so this is a matter of personal choice. This is just because it has a larger resonating body, both of air and wood. The difference, then, between a five-string fiddle and a larger five-string viola, is that the larger instrument will usually have deeper, richer, louder tone. Until I get an increase in demand, these will likely remain as mostly custom commissions, not just built on speculation, as are the five-string fiddles. They have the same range of pitch as a five-string fiddle, but the physical instrument is whatever size viola the customer desires. There seems to be an increasing call for 5-String Violas too. I will continue to build and sell five-string fiddles either on speculation, or on commission, as the demand increases. Hopefully, I will soon try a five-string fiddle of Bubinga and Sitka Spruce, and I am open to other experiments. Browse 353,591 stringed instrument stock photos and images available or search for guitar or piano to find more great stock photos and pictures. I have made them of European woods as well. I have made them of domestic woods (Big Leaf Maple/Sitka Spruce, Koa/Sitka Spruce, Myrtle/Port Orford Cedar) and all those combinations worked quite well. And, it turns out, there are other woods that work quite well. Teachers like them, because they can teach the viola part or the violin part, without having to change instruments.īecause a five-string fiddle is non-traditional, I am not under the burden of using traditional woods. The neck width is just barely wider than that of a violin (25 mm), so that it plays like a violin.
I have mastered this genre to the point that the low C on my five-string fiddles sound like a good, small viola.
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But, with the added Low-C-string, it carries the full range of both a violin and a viola.
I get a fair amount of demand for five-string fiddles (Click the link for the website.) In my case, that usually means a five-string instrument with the same footprint and scale-length as a violin.
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