Schertler STAT-V pickup set for violin Accessories The "Renaissance" 5-string from Maloney

The "Renaissance" 5-string from Maloney Stringed Instruments is a semi hollow-body electric violin

The Bridge Draco cello looks every bit as good as it sounds

nearly making the fine tuners built into the Wittner composite tailpiece obsolete

Immediate first impressions were of the instrument's stronger output

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Schertler STAT-V pickup set for violin Accessories The "Renaissance" 5-string from MaloneyThe STAT V pickup sounds as if you're using a microphone on your violin or viola, but leaves you free to move around as expressively as you want! Because it is an electrostatic transducer, not a piezo, you get a warm accurate tone. It fits in the "eye" of either violin or viola bridge. Strong output signal. No feedback! This electrostatic bridge mounted transducer provides an amazingly natural sound for violin or viola. Leave it to the Swiss to bring