Weissenborn waltz in open D

Jean-Paul Bataille · Post by **Jean-Paul Bataille** » 13 Aug 2019 8:45 pm

I committed again some waltz, so much french that I'm a bit shy to show it here, but...

It came very fast yesterday, and today I made a video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPC6SeSuqQc

Peter Funk · Post by **Peter Funk** » 14 Aug 2019 2:23 am

Lovely!

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 15 Aug 2019 6:07 pm

Nothing to be shy about. That is good music.

Jean-Paul Bataille · Post by **Jean-Paul Bataille** » 17 Aug 2019 9:30 pm

I thank you for taking the time to listen.
Actually I'm not shy a bit, but this is not a kind of music a lot of forumites can easily relate to, so I'm just careful.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 18 Aug 2019 6:26 pm

What's the round thing by the nut on the second string?

Nice tune!

Lance Clifford · Post by **Lance Clifford** » 18 Aug 2019 6:59 pm

https://www.pitch-key.com/

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 18 Aug 2019 7:28 pm

Jean-Paul - that is a beautiful tune, beautifully played. Thank you for posting it for us to hear.

Aaron Johnson · Post by **Aaron Johnson** » 19 Aug 2019 3:05 am

I very much enjoyed your song and playing. Thank you for posting it.

I'm curious about your weissenborn, what model is it?

Jean-Paul Bataille · Post by **Jean-Paul Bataille** » 21 Aug 2019 7:06 am

Thanks guys for the kind comment.

Paul, the "round thing by the nut" is indeed a Pitch-Key, as Lance indicated.
I mainly play in D tunings, so I use it on the 3rd string, along with a Keith-peg, to go from F to F# to G and back (minor, major and modal tunings). There are some tunes where I change inside the piece. Handy.

Aaron, the weiss is a deep body (probably made by Aiersi in China), and distributed in Canada by Twisted Wood. Since I live in Canada, this was the straightest route for me to own a weissenborn. Mahogany solid top, laminate back and sides. This is my first (and only one) weiss to date, so I have no comparison points. I changed the nut which was too low, enlarged the strings width, replace the three high strings tuners with banjo planetary ones (two regular and one Keith-peg), and added not only one, but two magnetic pick-ups. I use a strap under my thighs to keep the weiss in place, and I also modify my bars to obtain the exact rounded nose I want. That's about it.