Member Since December 17, 2008 , From Atlanta, United States
Invention, Design and Development of Useful, Usable & Appealing Things for People
About Don Rickert:

Dr. Don Rickert, IDSA is Managing Partner and CEO of ALL lines of business (LOBs) of Wiederholt & Rickert Partners, LLC, which does business primarily under the name Don Rickert Research & Design, a Research and Design firm that provides New Product Development (NPD) services to companies that want to create a successful new product (or fix a flawed or outmoded existing product).

Dr. Rickert, also a member of the Guild of American Luthiers, is also a master musical instrument designer. He has invented, designed, prototyped and user-tested an extraordinary number (close to 30) of unique bowed string (violin-like) instruments.

Among Don Rickert’s musical instrument design portfolio includes such items as:

  • Baritone Violins and Fiddles (special violins tuned an octave below standard violins). Dr. Rickert’s baritone/octave violin designs are regarded as among the best available.
  • Replicas of historic instruments, such as pochettes (pocket fiddles)
  • Electric Violins, standard as well as baritone tuning
  • Extraordinary “backpacker” violins and fiddles that can be taken almost anywhere (and have been, such as mountain expeditions, bicycle journeys from Europe to Tibet, and Lord knows where else).

 


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Answered: Can you identify the two other instruments in this ...

I believe both the wind instrument and the mystery instrument to be synthesized instruments from a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). I am hearing something like a piccolo or penny whistle and human ...

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Several years ago, before non-students were allowed to join Facebook, MySpace was the non-professional complement of choice for LinkedIn (which, itself has evolved from a techno-geek networking site ...

Answered: I am trying to find information on a guitar ...

I think that Bob Dylan used that very same guitar for a while. I will connect with my contacts at Yamaha to see what I can find out.

Answered: What is the difference between an acoustic cutaway ...

The other two answers covered the basic point. A cutaway is part of the basic body design that is "cut away" to give easier access to the higher frets for playing styles that utilize a lot of playing ...

Answered: What do you think is the greatest invention that ...

I would have to say that the greatest invention was not a product, but a concept...the concept of Liberalism by Francis Hutcheson in the 1700s. Not to be confused with the modern misuse of the term ...

Answered: I am 20 yrs old and traveling to New Orleans ...

I know from the experience of my son's friend and uncle that you and your parents risk being arrested if you drink or gamble. Don't know what would happen if you sat their and twiddled your thumbs ...

Answered: Transferring music from one unit to another

I am truly NOT trying to be a smartass. My experience has been that one of the the Geniuses (that is their actual job title with Apple) in the back of an official Apple Store will either know exactly ...

Answered: Nicolaus Amatus Fecit, Violin maker, circa 1656 ...

One more thing. I have a 120 year old Amati copy, made by Reinholdt Schmitt. It is worth about $10,000.

Answered: Nicolaus Amatus Fecit, Violin maker, circa 1656 ...

That would be Latin for made by Nicolo Amati, regarded by many as inventor of the modern violin; although some give credit to Paulo Maggini, who was a bit earlier. I seriously doubt if you have an ...

Answered: Benjamin Franklin invented a musical ...

Go to Wikipedia. It turns out that the GLASS HARMONICA is sometimes called an Armonica. In my 3 decades+ of studying obscure instruments, I have never heard called the later. There is a photo of one ...

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