Today’s #WednesdayWisdom could help you to save some money on pickups as, for those of you who don’t want the latest model, we’ve reduced the prices on all the older versions. Check them out here.
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Tag Archives: Harp
New Harp Pickup
We love learning new stuff and our latest Celtic Harp has allowed us to do just that as the material that the pickup’s feet and arched structure is made from is 3D printed ABS.
So why is this significant? Well, the fact that it’s 3D printed in itself is a bit of a wow factor. But, more importantly from the pickup’s perspective, is that 3D printing these pickup parts allowed Schatten Design to engineer in air chambers and vibration transmissive structure. The result is a pickup that, simply put, sounds great.
Ancient Irish Instrument
In honour of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow we’re making today’s #ThrowbackThursday ancient instrument the cruit.
The cruit, called crwth by the Welsh and crowde by the English, was small harp that was plucked with the fingers; although later it was played with a bow,. The instrument was mentioned by an Irish poet writing around 400BC.
The cruit was an oblong-shaped instrument with a neck and fingerboard, having six strings, four of which were placed on the fingerboard and two outside it; the two open strings representing treble G, with its lower octave.
It was generally played as a small harp, resting on the knee, or sometimes placed on a table in front of the musician as with a zither.
The picture is of a modern reproduction of the instrument
