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16 Jun 12 - 06:42 PM (#3364342) Subject: my new odd ball instrument From: ollaimh i just bought an oddball instrument for my collection from ebay. i don't know what it is. it has a small guitar shaped body --very small, but larger than a baritone ukelele. with eight friction pegs. the body and neck are carved out of one piece of wood, with a separate top piece. the strings are set up with five courses, going by the nut and bridge. the high and low strings are singles and the three middle courses are doubles. it appears to be made of some kind of central american or caribean mahagony. i looked on line and the closest thing o found was called a bordonua from peurto rico, but none were exactly like mine. the label says instrumentos jaroches and "el gogo" the phone number seems to be from the uk--i may phome if i can't find any info. so does this sound like anything anyone has seen before? i bought it because the construction from one piece of wood and the set up was like a renaissance guitar and i plan to make a parchment rosette for the sound hole and take it to ren faires, however i don't know what kind of strings it would have taken. i'm going to try some left over lute strings, but the peurto rican bardonuas seemed to be strung with metal so i'd love to get some history, ahs anyone ever seen an instrument like this? |
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16 Jun 12 - 06:50 PM (#3364347) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: McGrath of Harlow You don't mention if it has frets or not. |
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16 Jun 12 - 06:57 PM (#3364350) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: McGrath of Harlow This site might help perhaps - it's got pictures and sounds of a range of instruments that sound not dissimilar. http://www.lauderiaestanzuela.com.mx/en/ |
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16 Jun 12 - 07:05 PM (#3364356) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: Frug Possibly a Jarana..... http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarana_jarocha Hit link and translate page. Frank |
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17 Jun 12 - 12:54 AM (#3364434) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: ollaimh it has metal fretts, which i may remove to tie on fretts in the renaisance guitar refit, but no rush |
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17 Jun 12 - 01:10 AM (#3364438) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: ollaimh yes it's definately a jarana tercera. i found severtal luthier pages for these instruments and a few players on you tube once i had the name. it is a descendant of the spanish baroque guitar accordiing to wikipedia. i would say renaisane guitar as the baroque guitar was double courses on all five courses,m however its very cool. now i need string if the old lute strings don't work. it was $100 for a hand made instrument of good woods. it is a beauty of a new toy. as i say i am planning to convert it into a renaisance guitar. should be easy if i keep the fretts at least for a while. thanks for the info |
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17 Jun 12 - 01:48 PM (#3364603) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: GUEST,Pete I have nothing to offer about the instrument, but I'd like to know what a ren faire is |
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17 Jun 12 - 02:52 PM (#3364637) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: GUEST,Guest Phil Ren fair + Renaissance fair |
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17 Jun 12 - 04:33 PM (#3364687) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: ollaimh people dress up sort of renaisance/medieval and act silly in an historical recreation. some have lots of music. they can be fun, especially since the society for creative anachronism has degenerated into american political nonsense and egrigious mismanagement to serve a few "leaders" egos. the latter is also a recreation group for renaisance and middle ages. |
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18 Jun 12 - 09:00 AM (#3364919) Subject: RE: my new odd ball instrument From: Crowhugger There are lots of videos on youtube that can show you exactly what olliamh describes. A lot of folkes probablye spelle faire the olde waye. |