MEMLING FIEDEL
The Memling Fiedel with 5 strings and tied frets, is based on a fiedel in one of the panel paintings on the casket in the Memling Museum, Bruges. The instrument is multi-sectional with a one-piece arm, fingerboard and peg disc. It has elongated C-shaped sound holes. A curved bridge allows single line melodic performance. Lacewood is used for the back, ribs, arm and tailpiece. The tuning pegs are in boxwood.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 650mm
Width: 230mm
Rib depth: 45mm
String length: 333mm
Modern violin & viola tunings: c-g-c'-a'-e"
tunings after Jerome of Morovia: c-g-c'-g'-c"