tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73457902328374898172012-01-14T23:36:36.678-08:00Viola da gamba, violoneanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-58509638136994057942012-01-14T22:28:00.000-08:002012-01-14T23:36:36.688-08:00Mary Rose FiddleThis is one of my interpretations of the rests of the instruments (fiddles) found in the Mary Rose.As you know this is a warship that sunk on 1545 in the south of England. There they have found many objects, among them some musical instruments. Just soundboards and back/ribs survive from the fiddles (along with a bow fragment). Bcak and ribs are carved from the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-70920827110354779202012-01-05T06:36:00.000-08:002012-01-05T06:49:49.068-08:00Treble vihuela de arco from Goldegg CastleLive performance of Francesco Landini ballata by the Early Music Group 1500, from Galicia (Spain).Playing among other instruments a treble Vihuela de arcoInterpretación de la ballata de Landini por el grupo Música Antiga 1500.Entre otros instrumentos una Vihuela de arco soprano.Landini ren ballata bat, Música Antiga 1500 galiziako taldeak jota.Beste instrumentu batzuen artean Biguela soprano bat anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-8539798895430795052011-11-02T23:07:00.000-07:002011-11-06T13:35:28.807-08:00Gold leaf on a french 7 string bass violThis a is a small 7 string bass viol, french, based on a Bertrand model.She suffered quite a nasty accident on the soundboard and a new one was made.And as extra decoration we did use some gold leaf, a motif based on another by Colichon...Bertrand en instrumentu batean oinarritutako zazpi sokadun gamba viola baju bat. Tapea aldatu behar izan diogu eta bide batez urre horriz egindako apaindura anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-88800562577026206862011-10-01T13:54:00.001-07:002011-10-01T14:01:09.347-07:00Some repair work...Some repair work...Una pequeña restauración....Konponketa lan txiki bat....anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-351180504406714292011-07-29T23:29:00.000-07:002011-08-02T01:57:56.754-07:00VII ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIEDAD DE LA VIHUELA III MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LUTE SOCIETIES GIJÓN 16-19 JULY 2011<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-48553224610940769782011-06-27T13:48:00.000-07:002011-07-01T13:51:50.799-07:006 string Bass Viol IISix string english bass viol, based on the Iohn Rose at the Victoria and Albert Museum.All gut stringing. Found it interesting to see how the gut basses are much more sensitive to the soundpost than the overspun ones...(or perhaps it is just the instrument...)Sei sokako biola baxu bat, Iohn Rose en instrumentu batean oinarrituta, Victoria and Albert Museum en dagoena.Soka guztiak tripazkoak anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-83175015382662095962011-06-27T13:20:00.000-07:002011-07-06T07:55:08.924-07:00Lirone on youtubeAnd I have found one of my instruments on Youtube, a lirone, and it`s got quite a nice sound (the video, well and the instrument).Nik egindako Lirone bat, eta nahiko soinu politxakin bideua...Un vìdeo donde se puede ver y oir un Lirone construido por este que escribe y la verdad es que se oye bastante bien...anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-76501657394454900902011-05-13T14:53:00.000-07:002011-11-13T00:25:31.237-08:00TV or not TVo LA TELEVISIÓN ES NUTRITIVA? (2)
So we appeared again on the Basque regional television, on the second channel, the one which is spanish spoken (the first one is basque spoken).Three minutes and a half in a program which makes live connections. In this case I did not find much sense to make a live footage of an instrument maker with a mobile unit, but as it is paid with public money it does anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-44513769875806070092011-05-07T00:26:00.000-07:002011-05-09T13:20:50.745-07:006 string Bass ViolSix string english bass viol, based on the Iohn Rose at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Again,a bent top on five pieces and no decoration except for the single purfling on the soundboard (the original has a double one)(and now that I remember tailpiece and fingerboard are also decorated)Allways liked the scroll very much, since the first time I saw it at the museum, and when we had the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-34967616217955181612011-03-20T00:40:00.000-07:002011-03-20T15:31:36.751-07:00Festival de Musica antigua de Sevilla (2)So as it came, it went. The Third week of the Viola da Gamba included in the Sevilla Early Music Festival finished a week ago (the festival itself finishes today if I am not mistaken).It took place in the convento de Santa Clara (amazing place, with some restored wall paintings massive tile work, and very nice painted wooden beams). The viol exhibition was located at the refectory, where the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-77434425746539574532011-02-23T05:14:00.000-08:002011-02-23T05:49:19.858-08:00Festival de Musica antigua de SevillaThird week of the Viola da Gamba, included in the Early Music Festival in Sevilla. The web page is in spanish only (why ??).This event will take place at the Centro de músicas Históricas Convento Santa Clara, from the 7th to the 13th of March in Calle Becas (or Becas street). Free entrance from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 20:30.And we´´ll be there showing a couple of instruments. We were anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-73493660892735455942010-11-29T23:55:00.001-08:002011-11-23T22:03:03.409-08:00Ferrara violaThis is a viola based on a wall painting in Ferrara (1510-1515).All gut stringing. It is a straightforward design which can be acomplished with a compass and a square.As we can see in other examples it was quite a common shape.Images are taken from The CipherEsta es una viola basada en un fresco en Ferrara (1510-1515).La encordadura es en tripa. El diseño es sencillo, facil de realizar con una anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-41756293334475595562010-11-22T06:52:00.001-08:002010-11-22T12:31:26.354-08:00El éxtasis de santa Cecilia de Rafael. St Cecilia 1514. RAFFAELLO SanzioEl éxtasis de santa Cecilia de Rafael en la pinacoteca de Bolonia (detalle)St Cecilia 1514. RAFFAELLO SanzioOil transferred from panel to canvas, 220 x 136 cmPinacoteca Nazionale, BolognaIn the Roman Catholic calendar, today November 22nd, is St Cecilia's day.Ba hori, gaur Santa Zezili eguna dala. Eskerrak norbait erratu egin zela antifonarioa idaztean eta 'Xexili tortura instrumentuz inguraturikanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-20182531414145981622010-11-12T10:10:00.000-08:002010-11-12T10:17:59.689-08:00Capilla Flamenca. Alexander AgricolaNice viol sound. Are these the instruments by Toon Moonen, based on Rafael´s Ecstasy of St Cecily?anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-9079809462637670182010-08-28T02:06:00.001-07:002010-08-28T02:34:46.212-07:00Back to work againBarriro be laneraDe vuelta al trabajoThis is a nice seven string bass, Cheron model. Pretty well done and finished. But the bridge was not the best design for this instrument.We changed for this one and the sound opened and changed to less nasal.It is something I can not understand, when the maker takes the time to make a beautiful instrument, but does not pay attention to the setting.Zazpi anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-46751847986736938852010-08-06T01:15:00.000-07:002010-08-06T01:19:35.936-07:00Holidays/Oporrak/VacacionesOff on holidays!Oporretan goiaz !Nos vamos de vacaciones!anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-89463315387731642612010-07-27T05:23:00.000-07:002010-07-29T13:26:44.560-07:00THE VIOL IN SPAIN.<!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-37245729854182289742010-05-24T04:53:00.000-07:002010-05-24T05:09:13.719-07:00CuatroYes, not much to do with baroque instruments but it is repair work.Nice instrument, made in Cuba by an unknown maker.It has no neat finish but it sounds very nice.The player, a well known musician and sound engineer in the region, was amazed at frets made out of gut on the viols "oh early music, what do we know rock players..."But there you go, he is touring playing a descendant of the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-6708107593579304092010-05-16T22:44:00.000-07:002010-05-17T07:10:49.715-07:007 string bass violLast viol I made.7 string french bass viol, Bertrand small model.I wish I could play properly (or I wish I had time to practice).Bajo de viols de gamba francesa. 7 cuerdas. Modelo pequeño de Bertrand.7 sokako biola baxua. Bertrand modelu txikia.anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-42576851232850508712010-04-04T12:03:00.000-07:002010-04-04T12:10:43.831-07:00Renaissance violinRenaissance violinStrung all in gut with equal tension strings.Viol´in encordado con las cuatro cuerdas de tripa y tensi´on igual. anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-16651833100708490122010-03-07T10:11:00.000-08:002010-03-11T22:57:54.887-08:00ORAINorain: 18 ander arroitajauregi from debolex films on Vimeo.Debolex produktorak egindako ORAIN dokumentaletako atal bat. Bai, gaztelaniaz ere ederto berbá eitxen dou...Eibarko 'zatarrismua' modu politx batian erakutsita, hori bai, gero eta arkitektura industrial gutxiago geratzen jaku herrixan.Bide batez, hasieran entzuten dan musikia nere arrebiak eindakua da.A short documentary film from the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-44835171396321867132010-02-08T13:14:00.000-08:002010-02-10T23:15:05.618-08:00back to work ¡¡¡After a couple of months of inactivity (due to a newcomer in the family, to whom I have not found the on/off swich) we are back to work.This time a small seven string Bertrand model bass viol.On the picture a three piece bent soundboard.Tras un pequeño periodo de inactividad estamod de vuelta en el taller. Esta vez otro bajo de viola, el modelo pequeño de Bertrand. En la foto la tapa doblada en anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-26278000660928484042009-12-09T21:54:00.000-08:002009-12-09T22:32:51.567-08:00Tielke Bass Viol 2Some pictures of the finished instrumentAlgunas fotos del instrumento acabadoBukatutako instrumentuaren argazki batzukPhotos by Belen Saezanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-61672574208679299482009-12-04T23:02:00.000-08:002009-12-07T10:54:39.836-08:00LA TELEVISIÓN ES NUTRITIVA?Long time again without any post. So there it goes one whith little to do with instrument making.Lately I´ve found some videos for television lost in the net (and some old video tapes...)There is the last one. It was for the regional television (ETB) and, well, er...POSTDATA. "Luthierra" (09.02.17)Baai, aspaldi ez dugula ezer idazten (beste lan batzutan buru belarri). Hor doiaz blog honen anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-48384171186558630612009-09-16T22:12:00.000-07:002009-09-20T05:55:32.884-07:00Tielke bass violAfter all these months without any posts, (studying something as different as renaissance viols) there are some pictures of an unfinished 7string bass viol.It´s been a long time I wanted to make something based on Tielke. I had the oportunity to measure and study a couple of instruments by this maker (one in the Museu de la Musica in Barcelona and the other at the Orpheon collection).Not that anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-20136942263246792172009-07-24T04:12:00.000-07:002009-07-23T22:41:01.000-07:00A ‘Soundposted‘ Renaissance violI was asked to make a ‘reproduction’ of early renaissance viol by a player who was not satisfied with the sound of other flat top instruments he owned. He wanted a more powerful instrument, so he asked for one of these instruments where the treble bridge leg acts a soundpost.It is based on a on a wall painting in the Knights' Hall from the Goldegg Castle in Southern Austria. These paintings are anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-68804432149586210952009-07-22T22:17:00.000-07:002009-07-23T22:23:38.787-07:00Treble Vihuela de Arco on YoutubeThis is a video where you can see and hear the Treble Vihuela de Arco I made some time ago.The band playing is Ensemble 1500 and they are playing Neuma and Alle Psalite from the Montpellier Codex, XIII century.Hemen orain dela hilabete batzuk egin nuen arku biguela baten bideoa ikus daiteke, eta entzun ere.Taldea Ensemble 1500 da eta Neuma eta Alle Psalite jotzen dute XIII.en mendeko Montpellier anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-57289391184689797912009-05-19T03:10:00.000-07:002009-05-19T03:21:26.202-07:00The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments from 1500 to 1789The Vazquez Collection exhibitionBasauri (Basque Country)Torre Medieval Ariz20 March- 26 April. 2009.Very interesting exhibition indeed.We have to thank José Vazquez for letting us measure and take pictures of the instruments.anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-56426604391485508252009-03-31T22:41:00.000-07:002009-03-31T23:22:21.761-07:005 string cello neckcraft On last post I said something about some pics of a cracked Bass Viol (but forgot to take some). It was a soundboard crack. We glued that too and now it is back working. By the way, the doublebass is also in healthy condition and being played by the students.This time this is a 5 string full size cello. The neck was broken and as it was on the narrow side for 5 strings the owner decided to have anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-21314908923855183842009-02-21T00:59:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:18:48.397-08:00Crack, crack, crackLatelly I got repair work to do, and I have a viol and a doublebass with the same crack on the same place...Now that´s the only thing they have on common. Next time some pictures of the viol.Azkenaldi honetan konponketa lanak, kontrabaxu bat eta zango biola bat arrakala batekin toki berean.Baina horrek dira antzekotasun bakarrak. Hurrengoan zango biolaren argazkiakültimamente trabajo de anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-69633825702589878302009-02-12T21:58:00.000-08:002009-02-13T22:25:50.115-08:00Proper pictures of the LironeAlong with a doublebass to repair I got these pictures of the Lirone, taken by Belén, someone who knows how to use a camera (unlike me). Thank you !Lironearen ganorazko argazkiak, Belen ek ataratakuak. Eskerrikasko!Algunas fotos del Lirone, sacadas/tomadas por una buena fotógrafa. Gracias Belén.anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-39696917227274903862009-01-17T22:20:00.000-08:002009-01-20T23:24:29.284-08:00Lazarraga eta musika instrumentuak. Renaissance musical instruments in Basque.Hauek dira berpizkunde garaiko harizko instrumentuen gainean, euskeraz topatu ditzazkegun aipamen batzuk.Egon egongo dira beste batzuk, baina nik ez ditut ezagutzen. Zuk badakizkizu idatzi diezaigukezuJoan Perez Lazarragako ak 1567. urte inguruan idatzitako testu batetik atereak.These are some references to string musical instruments from a recently found manuscript c.1567.It is a 'pastoral anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-64493646421359155292009-01-02T05:55:00.000-08:002009-01-03T11:29:52.394-08:00Zer da Lirone bat ???Baaale, Lira haundi bat, baina horretaz aparte ¿¿¿Lironea XVI eta XVII. mendeetan erabilitako harizko musika instrumentu bat da (zangoen artean edo altzoan jarrita arkuaz jotzen dena).Ez du melodiak egiteko balio baizik eta ahotsa laguntzeko gehienetan (Mikel Laboak gitarrarekin egiten zuen bezela). Lira da Braccio aren familiko baxua izango litzateke.Lira hau Italian asko erabilia izan zen XVI. anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-79410313647998631132009-01-01T10:31:00.001-08:002009-01-03T11:30:18.891-08:00Thirteen string lirone 2.そしてここに終了する器械のある映像がある。前のポストで言われるように、この器械はウィーンのkunsthistorisches博物館のFerdinand Bol ss "貴婦人mitリラdaビオラダガンバ"のによって絵画に基づかせている。And here there are some pictures of the finished instrument.As said on the previous post, this instrument is based on a painting by Ferdinand Bol´s ''Dame mit lira da gamba'' at the kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.It does not follow the exact outline of the painting, on the anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-86263919916037736752008-12-27T08:20:00.000-08:002009-01-01T22:57:48.769-08:00Kuadroetatik irtendako instrumentuakEta Josuk komentatzen zebanan gañian Eibartarrak posta zerrendan, ba pelikula batetik ataratakua dala emongo dau, baña bere lanbidean ikasten dan "geometria descriptiva" erabiltzen dou erreprodukzione hauek egiteko. Piskat hobeto azaltzen da hemen...Dana dala, prespektibaren legeak zuzen zuzen jarraitzea pintura batean anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-40832321814558311442008-12-18T23:14:00.000-08:002008-12-27T08:18:56.356-08:00LironeNow, the lirone is finished.The owner took it away and is very happy with the instrument. Anyway it neeeds still some fine adjustment on the bridge.The sound is uuum..., how to define it...., ample, wide, for such a 'small' instrument with so many strings. There are still some sound quality diferences between strings, but one will have to see how does it evolve.Due to some health and personal anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-91448740038056699182008-11-26T10:29:00.000-08:002008-11-26T08:07:41.791-08:00Renaissance violin Treble violin based on a Francesco Linarol, Venice 1581.Its autheticity has been argued in an article by Moens and confirmed by the dendrochronology that the soundboard is after 1645.Anyway we decided to make it, using a bent back anf front.anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-60332713160024285032008-09-04T22:27:00.000-07:002008-09-04T23:11:27.060-07:00LironeThere are a few instruments surviving in museums and it seems that none of them was originally a lirone (except perhaps the XIX c instruments that were built as lironi)The lack of original instruments made us to base our work on a painting.anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-79561924979357385542008-09-02T22:44:00.000-07:002008-09-02T23:08:03.804-07:00LironeThis is a thirteen string lirone, yet to be finished.We used the painting as a guide to get the size and general proportions of the instrument.The painting is Ferdinand Bol´s Dame mit lira da gamba at the kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-89399643000113700682008-07-06T09:10:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:07:22.380-07:00Treble Vihuela de Arco based on the Goldegg Castle wall painting.This is a treble viol or vihuela de arco based on a wall painting in Knights' Hall of Goldegg Castle in the Pongau area (1536). These paintings are atributed to Hans Bocksberger the older together with other painters. His style contains German elements (A. Dürer) as well as Italian characteristics (Renaissance, Mannerism).He might have learned with his father and perhaps made some learning years anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-66104746900535975232008-07-04T23:05:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:22:42.903-07:00Doublebass Violone bow and a tenor viol bow, based on Praetorius. Arco de violone contrabajo y un arco de viola tenor, basados en Praetorius.This is the bow we made when turning into baroque a modern doublebass. It is looselly based on Praetorius Gross Contra Bas Geig. For this bow length is 870 mm (hair length 670 mm) while the one depicted on Praetorius book is around 940mm Arku hau kontrabaxua barrrokizatzean egin genuen. Praetoriusen Gross Contra Bas Geig ean oinarrituta dago. Arku honek 870 mm luzeera du, (zurden luzeera 670 mm) anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-37517897648010852322008-07-03T23:00:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:06:10.220-07:00Reseting fingerboard projection on a seven string Bass viol. III. Rehaciendo el ángulo de un batidor en una gamba bajo de siete cuerdas. III.As said on previous postings, reseting the fingerboard angle needs adjusting the bridge. This time we are making a new bridge, following the same design.Lehenago esan bezala, batidorearen angulu aldatze honek zubia doitzea edo berria jartzea esan nahi du. Oraingoan berria jarriko dugu, ezkerreko argazkian ageri den bezala.Como hemos dicho anteriormente, la operación de cambiar el ángulo del anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-31794057007147843412008-07-02T22:18:00.000-07:002008-07-08T10:26:12.933-07:00Reseting fingerboard projection on a seven string Bass viol. Rehaciendo el ángulo de un batidor en una gamba bajo de siete cuerdas.On this instrument strings were a bit far off the fingerboard, making it difficult to play chords on the second possition, mainly on the middle strings. En este instrumento las cuerdas estaban demasiado lejos del batidor dificultando la ejecución de acordes en la segunda posición sobre todo en las cuerdas del medio. Instrumentu honetan sokak altuera handiegia zuten "batidorearen" gainean. Honek anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-83232467973498200332008-07-01T22:35:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:16:16.789-07:00Turning a modern Doublebass into a 'Baroque' one. Convirtiendo un contrabajo moderno a 'Barroco'. Kontrabaxu moderno bat 'barrokizatzen'This is a 3/4 size double bass the customer wanted it converted to a Baroque double bass, but without any irreversible change. That is, without changing the neck length nor projection and leaving the bass bar as it is now, a modern bass bar. Even though this is a common practice, at the end of the day, one has an instrument which is not a modern double bass nor a baroque one. Again, this "plasticanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345790232837489817.post-13615612748413536362008-06-30T10:41:00.000-07:002008-07-16T06:14:58.101-07:00Cardboard violins in a musical instrument making talk for children.A couple of months ago we were asked to prepare a talk about instrument making for children, youngsters and alike. This was in the music shool in Bergara. Orain dala pare bat hillabete, harizko instrumentuak nola egiten diren azaltzeko hitzaldi batzuk ematea eskatu zidaten Bergarako musika eskolan. Hace un par de meses me pidiero que diera unas charlas sobre construcción de iolines en la escuela anderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371209280888482999noreply@blogger.com0