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Fiddle to hardanger conversion. All done!
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  • Actually, those bitty sympathetic strings are steel and very stable.  I rarely have to tune them at all.  The playing strings on top are Helicores, and they settle down after a few days.  I'd never, never never want an instrument like this with standard friction pegs -- what a nightmare.  I hear the big joke in the hardanger world is you play a tune, and then tune your instrument for 10 min, and then play a tune, tune up, on and on.  It is still my favorite fiddle of the handful I own.

  • Cool! But I've had it with trying to keep 8 strings in tune!

  • This is nice. Is it a guitar,violin?  Nice detail work.

  • It seems like there is a lot going on, but you just play it like a regular fiddle.  The regular over strings are tuned semi-standard ADae.  The understrings (you can't reach them with the bow) are tuned adef#.  When you play those notes on the overstrinsgs, the understrings sort of sing along.  Sounds like you have some great reverb, or you are playing in a tunnel.  The Norwegians have perfected these, you can google Hardanger or see vids on the youtubes.  I might post up a sound sample, I'll give it a go.
  • I've never seen anything like this, what does it sound like and do ya bow it or jam on it with a slide, fire that thing up lady!!!!  :>)
  • DANG!

    I hope people look close at this and realize what it is and not just think it's a dumb fiddle :(

     

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