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Heikki Rousu - 2019 11-String

Heikki Rousu - 2019 11-String

Overview

This beautiful Swedish guitar was built by the luthier Heikki Rousu. He has been building guitars since 1990 and has crafted more than 300 instruments by now. This special instrument is an eleven-string guitar, also known as alto guitar or Bolin guitar. This extended-range classical guitar was developed by the Swedish luthier Georg Bolin in the 1960s and has been largely popularized by guitarists Per-Olof Johnson and Göran Söllscher.
This 2019 model has an astounding overtone-rich sound. It is conceived to play lute music with guitar technique and offers thereby exciting new possibilities for guitarists and through the large tonal range also a completely new sound world. Guitarists who seek an authentic approach to pieces by J. S. Bach and S. L. Weiss, for example, will certainly enjoy the almost unlimited possibilities of this hybrid guitar. It is tuned g d a f c G F Eb D C B, a third higher than the traditional 6 strings guitar, and offers a stunningly rich and resonant sound.

Luthier: Heikki Rousu
Construction year: 2019
Top: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
Back and sides: American walnut
Scale: 570/760 mm
Nut: 96 mm
Weight: 2100 grams
Air resonance frequency: G
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Video overview

David Kellner - Andreas Koch plays Phantasia No.3 in F Major on an 11 strings 2019 Heikki Roussu
Ernst G. Baron - Andreas Koch plays Aria in Bb Major on an 11 strings 2019 Heikki Rousu

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