Double-String Violin - Daniel Hoffman 

Holy sh... that was beautiful! I was showing my daughter (a beginning violin student) the 12-string guitar and my wife (a ukulele player) was like, "There's an 8-string Ukulele!". Then I'm like, "Huh, I wonder if there's a double-strung violin". And we found this and ... well .... you blew our minds. That was brilliant. Honestly and truly - that was on another level!

that was a beautiful song man. I am sure you have lots of fans but you just made one today :)

it sounds like accordion 🙂 very impressive 👏👍

Fantastic

Wow. 😮

It's really quite interesting to know that there are others who have made instruments like this one. A quite famous Carnatic violinist by the name of Mysore T. Chowdiah designed and built a 7-string (and a 19-string) violin that is basically identical to this one back in the '30s, except that it didn't have a pair for the G string. His goal was really to make something that was considerably louder and projected more because it was an era where amplification was rare (in India, at least). The 19-string was an extension of that with a series of sympathetic strings stretched across the body. Admittedly, the timbre of his instrument was quite poor, and even with all the messing with the design to change the volume and the bass bar design, it just wasn't really getting anywhere in terms of improving irrespective of how well or poorly one plays... so it ultimately never really caught on. From what I can hear so far, yours does sound better, but I think it also helps that the tune and style of playing is well-suited to it.

Very impressive, but can you make a 16 string violin?

lots of tuning :D nice tune, playing and violin!

Wow sounds like an orchestra

great music indeed!

That sounds so cool

Outstanding!

Excellent....mesmerizing..!!

Simply amazing! Seeing that double-string instruments sound good, I was thinking on whether I could bow a Turkish baglama, if I change the bridge to a curved one, to allow me to bow the string pairs.

Wow impressive! I like the song, too!

Very nice instrument and piece

That was amazing

Shalom Daniel

are the courses tuned in octaves or unisons? I can't quite tell on some of them

in the vid for Korgi's "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime", the violin solo shows someone paying an 8-string violin....don't know if if was just for the vid though.....

I think it's Perfect. Imma make an 8 string cigar box violin. Truly, an ALIEN instrument. 8D

Intrigued by your music and this violin! Very impressive) Is there a whole play? It is interesting to listen to the whole work.

What are the measurements of this? and the tuning? Do you have photos of the details on the internet anywhere?

You are a geneous

Jaffeh me'od achi!

What are all of the string names?

HARDCORE!

Nice! I have an Emery H. Chase (1871-1952) 8 string violin he made in the 1930's. I am not sure if he made more of them. I building this did you research him? It is really quite similar to yours. I like your playing.

I'd compare it to a Mandolin...except with a bow-string.

What is the name of the song?

it sounds almost like an organ

Mandoviolin

This is the only violin I'm considering not to buy as a violinist Ehh, fuck it how do I get it? And does it also come in electric?

has anyone made a double string cello yet?

Blasphemy , sacrilege