Bass hammered dulcimer
Standard model
The characteristics of the instrument are its beautiful form and the full, rich sound which becomes particularly effective when slightly amplified.
- tone range from contra C to c0
- systematic-chromatic arrangement of the tones in half-tone steps, alternating right and left
- one, two and three-string chorus
- the contra C has an oscillating length of 102 cm
- electronic sound pickup (piezzo)
- pedal-operated muting system
- resonance board made of slow-growing solid spruce
- removable light-weight aluminum tubes or a keyboard stand can be used as a mount
- size of the instrument:
long side of trapezoid 150 cm, short side of the trapezoid 100 cm, width 43 cm (59 × 39 × 17 inches) - weight including case approximately 25 kg (55 lbs)