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Authentic:
Citole:
Cantigas style
Warwick style
Drums:
Bodhran
Gusli
Harps:
Bardic/Lap Harps:
Gut Strung
Celtic Wire Strung
Floor Harps:
Gothic
(more to come)
Kantele:
5 string
5 string Piccolo
9 string
Performance set
Lyres:
Trossingen
Sutton Hoo
Mosning Thorpe
Bergh Apton
Oberflacht
Cologne
Student Model
Bowed Lyres:
Crwth
Jouhikko
Psaltries:
Pig Nose
Cantigas style
Rebecs:
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Zithers:
Fretted:
Epignette
Scheitholt
Fretless:
Myrna Hammered Dulcimer
Echoic:
Non-authentic,
but imitative of
the sound of the original instrument
Flutes
Whistles
Jouhikko
The national instrument of Finland, the Jouhikko belongs to a family of bowed lyres called Tallharpa, or tail harps. The name comes from the fact that these instruments are strung with twisted horsetail hair and bowed with a horsehair bow. There is no fingerboard, and most often they are built with two or three strings. If built with 2 strings, the lowest pitched string (the far right string when viewing the front of the instrument) is used as a drone, and the other string is tuned up a fourth, the notes being coaxed out by stopping this string with the knuckles of the hand holding the thin support arm on the left side of the instrument. With three strings, the center string is a drone, the far right string is the scale open tone a fourth above the drone, and the left string which is the melody string is a full tone above that, or a fifth above the drone. The short bow is tensioned with the fingers of the right hand With a range of not more than an octave at best, this was a drone fiddle mostly used for folk dances.
Our Jouhikko are based on extant pieces but modified to accomodate the woods chosen for the bodies. Flat, unbraced soundboards, one piece hollow bodies, and siberian hair strings are our standard design, but these are not your only choices. Contact us to discuss what you want from your Jouhikko, and we can work wonders to bring it to life.
For
more information or to place an order, contact:
Chris Nogy,
founder and craftsmancontact@instrumentsofantiquity.com
Phone: 479-283-6364
Please call between 9 AM and 7 PM U.S. Central Time (-6 GMT)
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