Note that Rickert & Ringholz Musical Instruments is changing its name to Rickert & Jones Musical Instruments. Fiddarci Lutherie is part of the new firm.
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Don Rickert of Rickert & Ringholz and Darci Jones of Hooley and Fiddarci Lutherie play a jig on baritone (octave) fiddle and the new Adventurer Travel Fiddle (a pochette). Dr. Rickert never practices and he takes full responsibility for ALL bum notes, weird chords and creative timing. :-)
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Yeah, it may be over-done, but Drowsy Maggie always gets a lot of hits...plus this one has a baritone fiddle playing true second fiddle (not just the tune an octave lower) to a modern pochette, also known as a backpacker fiddle. Don Rickert (of Rickert & Ringholz) and Darci Jones (of Hooley and Fiddarci Lutherie) playing. As with all videos in which Dr. Don appears, all the flat notes, just plain wrong notes and strange chords are his contribution...a side-effect of chronic lack of practice.
The link to this video on YouTube
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There is now a new version, unwittingly established by our friend Dr. Jerry Everard--the Mile High Pochette Fiddle Club. See his posting on his blog http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/ to find out more.
We wish to stress that we DO NOT condone ANY illegal or dangerous use of a pochette, or any fiddle for that matter. That being said, we at Rickert and Ringholz are keen to be wowed by photos and videos. We do not recommend playing your pochette on a plane like Jerry did--we do not want to see your photos and videos on CNN!
Please note that the rules may change, as we have not checked with Jerry on any of this. It's his idea, so stay tuned for the official rules for membership in the Mile High Pochette Fiddle Club.
While we have your attention, just a shameless reminder that you can buy great pochettes at www.fiddleandbowstore.com.
We will be selling several Meisel violins, known for their affordable quality (in the $400-$600 range). All of these violins will be available either as standard Meisel violins or specialy set-up as fiddles; the fiddles will be branded as "Meisel, customized by Rickert & Ringholz."
In addition to the violins, we will be selling an octave violin based on a violin-sized Meisel Viola; which will have its bridge and nut modified, and of course have special octave strings (either SuperSensitive or Thomastik). For additional cost, they can be fit with Perfection internally geared tuners. This instrument; while lacking the volume and project of our own Octave Violin, still sounds pretty good and is fraction of the price.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information on our relationship with Meisel and pictures of the instruments.
