This special outfit includes a state-of-the-art braided carbon fiber bow by a famous bow manufacturer. We cannot list the maker's name owing to minimum advertised price restrictions, but you can figure it out by browsing through Bows and Strings section of the store. You can upgrade the included bow for a nominal charge. The case included is a very nicely appointed "backpacker-style" suspension case.Call us free of charge to discuss the bow and case details using the Google Voice "widget" below:
The Octave Violin Darci Jones Model (aka the "Type II" Model) was designed by Dr. Don Rickert, IDSA of Don Rickert Research & Design in collaboration with Fiddarci Lutherie in Birmingham, AL, who also builds the instruments, is a William Sidney Mount "Cradle of Harmony" inspired instrument, but with Chanot-type "slit" soundholes, with many modifications based on recent research in bowed string instrument acoustics.
This is a purpose-built (not a re-strung violin or viola) octave instrument with unbelievable projection and a nice deep timbre (unlike some other instruments, which are loud but 'thin')...this instrument has its own distinctive sound and projects like a fine 'cello! Natalie Haas, one of the truly world-class 'cellists, also owns a Darci Jones Model Octave Violin.
The Octave Violin Darci Jones Model and a related octave violin (see the William Sidney Mount Model) are being played by some of the finest musicians in the world, including the Swedish group Vasen, David Greenberg, Alasdair Fraser and talented and gracious Natalie Haas (one of the world's finest cellists), who has said very nice things about us and her instrument on her website. Darol Anger (father of the modern octave violin) performed with this instrument as well and says some VERY nice things about our company on his website.
We strongly recommend the CodaBow Diamond Series VIOLA bow or the Glasser Octagonal Braided Carbon Fiber Viola Bow for all of our octave fiddles and violins.
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