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That's what the name comes from: The buzzing sound of the bumble bee - Hummel in German Humla in Swedish, Hommel in Netherland. Stringlength is 79,5 cm. The fretboard is 3,5 cm wide and all 4 melody string are pressed to the frets with a noter at the same time.
There are 4 equal tuned melody strings above the fretboard in "e" . The next string is tuned in e. The next 2 strings are in A and the last string is in deep A. 4 melody strings can just be played with a noter.
The open string of the melody is "e". The next fret without a sign is G. The frets are signed /carved into the fretboard as A H C D E F G A h c ... . The H in english version would be "B" or in the upper oktave "b" .This is just an instrument to play in a-minor.The instrument has 4 strings in "e" for the melody above the frets, one "e" as first bordun, 2 strings "A" as second bordun and a deep "A1" as third bordun.I just took one "e" as second bordun because there were much interferences with the "e" because the frets were set in a very rustical mannor. With exact fretting I would have choosen two strings of "e" to get the 5th louder. People in the countrysides had not the education to look at Guido de Moravia's notes how to divide the string of a Monochord.The Hummels on the islands of Schleswig-Holstein were said to be used for accompanying the sunday psalms but also for dance music. I made some recordings with this instrument. If some one has interest in this I would like to change this with Dulcimer music from his area.Wilfried
Wilfried, what are the incised designs between the frets?
Dick,I think, we could "get in tune"!That's realy great to look at annother instrument having the same fretting which seems to be curious. There are more instruments seeming curious - like the Hilke-Hummel (look at Hummel-thread) and others. Perhaps there are possibillities getting light in some foggy dew.Wilfried
"Strumelia, I do believe that thread was the very first occasion on which you and I tried to get one another to admit defeat."And likely won't be the last! =8-DI'm flattered that you remember. ;)
Funny thing, I just spent part of this afternoon making a photo of me with the ugliest (old) zitter in America, posed to look like Wilfried's picture. And after I posted it on ED, I checked FOTMD and found that he had posted it here. Great minds... http://everythingdulcimer.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11762&p=271984#p271984 Strumelia, I do believe that thread was the very first occasion on which you and I tried to get one another to admit defeat.Dick
It's painted originally light blue. The scale length is 79,6 cm. The soundhole has the initials H and P which are mirrored so you see a heart in the middle with a bride crown above. The instrument is originally from the island Langeness . A former restauration gave wrong guitar parts and Cello strings to the instrument and some other cruel things. With the knowledge of the history of the Hummels I could reach a situation next to original. I made some recordings with this beauty from 1758.Wilfried
Oh my, that is just gorgeous! Thank you for showing us this photo. Nice restoration work! Is it painted white? What is the scale length?
This is the Hummel from Flensburg Museum I just restaured. The fretting is in the aeolian mode. The distance to the first fret (G) is three semitones. This is the most beautiful (old) Hummel in Germany.Wilfried Ulrich