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Lovely, would love to hear it played.
Maybe the commissioner can play it, I sure can't.
First: Nice work Dan, beautiful instrument. I'm sure it sounds great ;)
In regards to margs question:
It's basically played more or less like a DAA tuned dulcimer, except the tuning is d'a'a' (so an octave higher). Thus it's possible to play with a noter or form chords. According to the Klangwerkstatt (I have my epinette and dulcimer from them) the fretboard can vary depending on personal preferences (chromatic, diatonic, or "halb-chromatisch" (diatonic with all extra frets up to the sixth fret) .According to them in southern tyrol most rafelles have a halb-chromatisch fretboard. They also link a nice (but German) article from Gernot Niederfriniger about the history: https://www.klangwerkstatt.de/raffele https://www.klangwerkstatt.de/raffele?file=files/content/PDFs/Downloads/Artikel%20ueber%20das%20Raffele.pdf
It's in German but has some nice pictures. According to the article the raffele actually used to had hummel-style drone strings but at some point the layout changed to todays three strings (so a similiar development like the dulcimer). Mr Niederfriniger and André Schubert of Klangwerkstatt are doing a combined building/playing workshop together every year in Mals, Southern Tyrol. The first days the participant build their raffele under the guidance of André Schubert. When they are finished, Gernot Niederfriniger takes over and teach the basic of raffele playing. He also recorded the sound samples on their website.
Lovely, would love to hear it played.
Maybe the commissioner can play it, I sure can't.
Another lovely creation, Dan! Is it all walnut? Looks both medieval and modern at the same time.
Lovely, would love to hear it played.
Another lovely creation, Dan! Is it all walnut? Looks both medieval and modern at the same time.