The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30441   Message #390758
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
05-Feb-01 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Baritone Fiddle
Subject: RE: Baritone Fiddle
There isn't a traditional baritone violin, the 'cello being the bass.  Baritones are made nowadays, the most popular form having a body around viola size (or smaller), strung with specially made strings so that the instrument plays an octave below violin.  I know people who have adapted violas or large-bodied violins, but you do tend to get a better sound from a purpose-built instrument.

Malcolm