Tonala skillnader mellan ett tryckande stall och ett limmat stall. : -hos en bouzouki

Sammanfattning: Summary I have a great interest in bouzoukis and since I, during my education in guitar making, mainly have focused on building bouzoukis and other traditional folk instruments, I have chosen the bouzouki as the object of my degree project. In connection to the making of these instruments, I started to consider the construction of the bouzouki and why the bouzouki has such a characteristic sound. One of my theories is based on the fact that most bouzoukis are made with floating bridges instead of glued pinbridges. Do these types of bridges differ from each other tonally and if so, how much and in what way? To receive answers to my questions, I have built two identical bouzoukis with different types of bridges, one with a glued pinbridge and one with a floating bridge. I have been very precise in the making of these instruments, giving them the exact same dimensions and using material from the same piece of wood. This to make sure that the instruments should be as exactly alike as possible. After finishing the making of the bouzoukis, I arranged for a sound test where I let musicians play and listen to the instruments. After doing this I let the same musicians fill in a form with questions regarding each instruments tonal characteristics and it’s fields of application. By compiling the answers from the sound test, I have come to a conclusion regarding what tonally separates a bouzouki with a glued pinbridge from a bouzouki with a floating bridge. In addition to this I have found out what other instrument makers considers to be the difference between these two types of bridges. Beside the project described above I also present a brief history of the bouzouki.