Scheitholt

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:23:25 GMT

My scheitholt arrived - and it's truly deserving of its name! Isn't this a lovely log of firewood?

I mean - whatever else can be said about this instrument, it's certainly authentic. A true masterpiece of Nether-Saxon craftsmanship! It's from Bassum, where someone found it in an attic and, incomprehensibly, decided they didn't want to keep it. If you ask me, that's a shame: at the very least, it's culturally valuable, and I'd view it as a true tragedy if it were ripped out of its context! I mean, that's clearly a family-heirloom level instrument, hand-crafted, hand-painted, and everything! Who the heck wouldn't want this???

The wood and all the other materials were carefully chosen for their acoustic proper... oh, JUST KIDDING.

( More pictures and explanations behind the cut. )

Anyway: I LOVE this instrument! I'm sooooo happy that I have it! :D

(I suppose the surprising thing is that it actually sounds good. But, hey, the design has been around virtually unchanged since at least the 1400's, without anyone feeling the need to do anything about it, so... Success!)

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