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indianajones - Posted - 01/20/2021: 16:45:41
Thought someone might be curious about what a fiddle with octave strings sounds like.
Flat_the_3rd_n7th - Posted - 01/20/2021: 18:50:28
A Chin Cello!
Sounds good. Any alterations required to the bridge? Need a viola (heavier) bow?
Thanks for sharing.
fiddlinsteudel - Posted - 01/20/2021: 19:42:39
Oooh fun. Where did you get the strings from?
indianajones - Posted - 01/20/2021: 20:04:39
Well, it was an accident that turned out well. I accidently bought them on amazon thinking I was buying some medium D'Addario Helicore strings that I had purchased before. I was looking at items I had purchased before and the packaging looks exactly the same. I wasn't paying attention. I was pretty bummed out because I already opened them and wasn't sure I could send them back. So I put them on this Stainer copy that I used for cross tuning. It was loud and trebly compared to my other fiddle. Really like the sound now.
I didn't do anything to the set up thinking I was probably not going to keep them. They seem to work fine as is but I can see the E string digging into the bridge a little ( didn't have one of those plastic sleeves ) and I think the extra pressure may warp the bridge so I may have to go with a new bridge eventually.
banjopaolo - Posted - 01/21/2021: 01:59:01
nice sound Tom!
RichJ - Posted - 01/21/2021: 05:49:47
Wow, I thought tuning my fiddle to FCFC made it growl. Whatever you did to yours has made it sound ferocious! Nice, and you did Amelia proud too.
Black - Posted - 01/27/2021: 02:50:58
sounds great very unusual
