Musical Instrument Inventions and Designs: Don Rickert

The Latest on the Rickert Violin Synthesizer (MIDI Control Surface)

Here's a short presentation on the latest prototype. You can link to all YouTube videos related to Prototype 2 (called a Play List). See our site dedicated to electronic music, www.MusiqElectroniq.com.

New Violin Synth in Development

Don Rickert has designed a true violin synthesizer, which is in the prototyping and simulation stage of development. Some of the best computer scientists, industrial designers, DJs and musicians are signing on to be part of this ambitious and expensive (hint: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES!). A few photos of an early functional prototype are shown below, as well as a YouTube video player so you can see it played and hear it.

Click on any thumbnail to see a full-size view.

YouTube Video

Check of Musical Instrument NEWS!

If you have not yet checked out our new site, Musical Instrument NEWS! you are missing out on lots of useful and even interesting information. There is also a link in among the navigation links at the top of this page.

The Portfolio (where you are now) has information on just about everything we currently make or have made in the past. The Musical Instrument NEWS is the best place to find out what is on the horizon for 2009 and beyond, including information on...

• Chanot violins and Chanot Octave Violins
• Renaissance Vielles and Fiddles (Treble and Octave versions)
• A completely new double fingerboard instrument called an Arch Dulcimer
• Our plans to re-introduce the the Take-Apart Travel Violin
• The possibility of us selling the plans for the Whisky Box Fiddle, which has gotten more hits on YouTube than anything we actually produce.

This last point is especially critical in anyone who wants a Whisky Box Fiddle, as it ain't gonna happen unless we get lots of people asking for it via the "comments" feature on the Musical Instrument NEWS site, which is a blog. Get on over there NOW.