February 6, 2025
Instructions - how to use our Tools
Instructions for the use and application of "Feldmann's Singing Saw"
(Original instructions from the manufacturer with kind permission)
(Reprinting prohibited)
The "Singing Saw" serves as a reliable addition for musical numbers, artists, jazz, mood, and entertainment bands. If this peculiar instrument, unmatched in beautiful, harmonious sound fullness, has become so established that one can find my "Singing Saw" even multiple times in bands, then it is surely a sign that this instrument has a right to be an integral part of salon bands.
A right that it increasingly proves worthy of when one has the opportunity to hear a musician who understands how to fully master the "Singing Saw."
The handle of the instrument is clamped between the knees while sitting on a chair, so that the steel blade stands approximately vertical. In the right hand, one takes a well-resined violin, cello, or the bow specially made for the saw, coated with violin rosin.
The left hand regulates the movements of the blade at the end of the saw, which are made more to the left for higher notes and less for lower notes.
While playing, one must always give the saw a slight, constant tension, pressing lightly with the thumb at the upper end, which is done by bending the saw blade slightly to the left and then bending it back to the right with the thumb, index finger, and middle finger at the end.
The tones of the scale are produced by bending the blade more strongly to the left, while ensuring that one always strokes the blade at the vibrating belly that moves towards the narrow end. One can hear the tones of the saw glide along as the blade is bent to the left. Initially, with the bow (lower half), short strokes are made in one direction, preferably to the left, causing the blade to vibrate and produce a singing-like tone. The more the saw is bent to the left, the higher it must be stroked.
A pleasant-sounding vibrato is produced by shaking with the left hand, causing the blade to vibrate.
The saw covers at least 3 octaves from f'/g' to f'''/g''' and if one wants to play the higher notes, one bends the saw not at the end, but towards the middle, extending the range up to a''' (the highest note of a piano).
After sufficient practice of the aforementioned tone exercises, one should try slow pieces, solemn songs, Bostons, etc. The "Singing Saw" sounds best as a melody instrument accompanied by a piano, accordion, violin, cello, etc.
The initially occurring background noise when bowing gradually disappears as one becomes more familiar with the instrument and more proficient in bowing. Knowledge of music notation is not required; one can play this instrument by ear.
Delivery in a black nylon fiber bag.
(Reprinting prohibited)
The "Singing Saw" serves as a reliable addition for musical numbers, artists, jazz, mood, and entertainment bands. If this peculiar instrument, unmatched in beautiful, harmonious sound fullness, has become so established that one can find my "Singing Saw" even multiple times in bands, then it is surely a sign that this instrument has a right to be an integral part of salon bands.
A right that it increasingly proves worthy of when one has the opportunity to hear a musician who understands how to fully master the "Singing Saw."
The handle of the instrument is clamped between the knees while sitting on a chair, so that the steel blade stands approximately vertical. In the right hand, one takes a well-resined violin, cello, or the bow specially made for the saw, coated with violin rosin.
The left hand regulates the movements of the blade at the end of the saw, which are made more to the left for higher notes and less for lower notes.
While playing, one must always give the saw a slight, constant tension, pressing lightly with the thumb at the upper end, which is done by bending the saw blade slightly to the left and then bending it back to the right with the thumb, index finger, and middle finger at the end.
The tones of the scale are produced by bending the blade more strongly to the left, while ensuring that one always strokes the blade at the vibrating belly that moves towards the narrow end. One can hear the tones of the saw glide along as the blade is bent to the left. Initially, with the bow (lower half), short strokes are made in one direction, preferably to the left, causing the blade to vibrate and produce a singing-like tone. The more the saw is bent to the left, the higher it must be stroked.
A pleasant-sounding vibrato is produced by shaking with the left hand, causing the blade to vibrate.
The saw covers at least 3 octaves from f'/g' to f'''/g''' and if one wants to play the higher notes, one bends the saw not at the end, but towards the middle, extending the range up to a''' (the highest note of a piano).
After sufficient practice of the aforementioned tone exercises, one should try slow pieces, solemn songs, Bostons, etc. The "Singing Saw" sounds best as a melody instrument accompanied by a piano, accordion, violin, cello, etc.
The initially occurring background noise when bowing gradually disappears as one becomes more familiar with the instrument and more proficient in bowing. Knowledge of music notation is not required; one can play this instrument by ear.
Delivery in a black nylon fiber bag.
