Why do I make specialty stringed instruments in the 2020's?
"In my heart, I endeavor to create functional works of beauty that give wings to music for making other lives more tolerable" . What do I produce? Specialized bowed string instruments that can be described as "bowed guitars" or more specifically, "Guitar formatted Violas" called GuitarViols . For the musicology geeks out there, these are essentially 21st century versions of Johann Stauffer's Arpeggione ; a fretted cello like instrument with six strings tuned EADGBE . There are some similarities to Viola Da Gambas that actually predated modern Violin family instruments. Since the early Y2ks, TogaMan GuitarViols have been used in thousands of Film/TV/game media soundtracks by hundred's of professional composers around the world. The GuitarViol's popularity with media composers may have to do with it's almost immediate adaptation for guitar natives. The catch is: Learning some bowing skills! Though I am a life long guitar player, and ...