Also found it hard to justify being an electrician when electric cables need plastic insulation. Hard to separate electrical needs from the oil industry when the insulating material comes from the oil industry.
That’s a pretty extreme take. Industrial plastics are one of the better uses for oil. It’s fossil fuels and single use plastics that we have to eliminate.
!luthier@lemmy.world is woodworking-adjacent and could use a bit more activity.
Also seeing a pretty clear linguistic link between “vielle” and “fiddle.”
In german it’s Fidel (like Castro). And I’ve been told it’s distinct from “Fiedel” (long I like “feeling”), which describes a cheap but modern violin.
I wonder if the “rough” sound you describe would be at home with various European and North American folk traditions.
Pretty much. Tbh. it was the soundtrack of witcher 3 that got me into folk and early music and making my own instruments.
One step further would be to make an instrument with horsehair as strings, like tagelharpa or кобыз (kobyz)
It does sound more rough and archaic, far less “sweet” than a violin. But that has a lot to do with the setup, less with the body shape. No soundpost, but quite long bass bar. Then the bridge style makes 50% of the sound. This crown shape in the pictures is really harsh. I’ve replaced it with a rebec style arch bridge (sadly have no photo of it atm), which is better but still distinctly medieval. I also fitted and tried a modern violin bridge, which makes it sound pretty close to a violin!
Please note that vielles are not standardised like modern violins. It’s really any violin/viola sized bowed instrument with flat or just slightly arched back and top. This is really just my design loosely inspired by old paintings and modern makers.
Also the hair on the bow has a huge influence on the sound. I rehaired a baroque bow with black horsehair, which is very coarse and gives a rough sound.
Most if not all commands from the DOS version still work in AutoCAD 2023. And using a mouse is also still optional.
Rabbit Junk - Neurodivergent would be a prime candidate for this thread.
No one but complete morons are asking to specifically make a product by emitting carbon dioxide. No company is emitting co2 for “the global citizens”. They make products to earn money. Emissions are an avoidable by-product no one asked for.