Expofemas 2013

Expofemas Another year, but this time we could not do it, even though we sent an instrument which you can see in this video from SevillaDirecto.com. Yes, it is a viola d`amore wiothout simpathetic strings, based on a Tielke. The only carved head at camera level, I suppouse...

Expofemas Otro año más, pero esta vez no hemos podido estar físicamente, aunque hemos mandado un representante en forma de viola d`amore sin cuerdas simpáticas. Se puede ver en este vídeo de SevillaDirecto.com, supongo q la únaica cabeza tallada que quedaba a ras de cámara...

Aurten ere Expofemas a izan da Sevillan. Ezin izan gara bertan egon baina bialdu dugu bertara 5 sokako viola d`amore bat. SevillaDirecto.com en bideo honetan agertzen da, kamararen parean geratzen zen zizelkaturiko buru bakarretarikoa...

Viguela de Arco

New clip by Grupo 1500 and Marco Ambrosini playing "Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella" by Costanzo Festa, ca. 1485-1545. 

 Here we can see Roberto playing the 5 string vihuela de arco holding it on the shoulder.

Nuevo video de Grupo 1500 y Marco Ambrosini tocando "Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella" de Costanzo Festa, ca. 1485-1545. 

Podemos ve a Roberto tocando la vihuela de arco de 5 cuerdas sobre el hombro.

Grupo 1500 eta Marco Ambrosini ren bideo berri bat Costanzo Festa ren (ca. 1485-1545) "Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella" abestia. 

Bertan, Roberto 5 sokako arko viguelea jotzen ari da sorbaldan jarrita

Mary Rose Fiddle

This 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 same piece of wood, and would the neck too?? That´s something we do not know as they have not been found. That also means that we have no clue about the number of strings...


In this case we´ve decided to make a four string instrument with the neck integral with the rest of the body (back and ribs). Soundboard and back are flat as seem to be in the original (But it´s difficult to tell that about an object wich has been underwater for such a long time).

Fingerboard and bridge are curved so individual strings can be played, melody. Curve is not very big so its also confortable for double strings and drone playing. It is all strung in gut.



The bow is also based on the original. In this case just a piece around a foot long was found (from the nut side)


The instrument is availiable and if someone needed more information do not hesitate contacting.