Musical Instrument Inventions and Designs: Don Rickert

The Prodigal String Band Playing one of Don Rickert's Creations

Love this video. Suspect that it will really irritate some of the the people who irritate us as well, but that is not the intent of showing the video. By the way, the electric cigar box fiddle is the instrument Don Designed.

Special Travel Master Pochette and Case for a Europe to Tibet Bicycle Journey

This Rickert & Ringholz Travel Master Pochette (Travel Violin / Fiddle) was assembled with heat and moisture-resistant glues (e.g. epoxy and urethane) wherever possible and the case was made to be absolutely waterproof, reflective and suitable for attaching to a bicycle. Further, the end caps of the case expanded (i.e. "ballooned out") if too much pressure (from heat) built up inside the case. We have not heard from the customer, so we don't know if he successfully completed his journey.

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