Specifications
- Type: Premium Monolina MO-34 with 34 strings
- Tuning: D — 24 overtone strings in d, 5 bass strings in D, 5 fifth strings in A
- Size: 72 × 33 × 11 cm
- Weight: approx. 2.7 kg (instrument); 4.5 kg (packed, with accessories)
- Material: American cherry wood (Prunus serotina) — frame, soundboard, back, bridges, stands, handles
- Finish: natural hard wax oil
- Origin: Germany
- Accessories: carry bag, 5 movable bridges, pentatonic major and minor template, tuner, tuning key, replacement strings, monochord scarf, 2 santoor and 2 felt mallets
Sound and character
The D tuning is the deepest voice in the Monolina range: it offers a full, long-decaying bass and produces a clearly felt physical vibration. The overtone strings shimmer gently in the upper register, making this tuning particularly recommended for deep rest and quiet stillness.
How to use
Choose the D-tuned Monolina if you:
- Wish to create a deep, full atmosphere in individual sound massage.
- Are looking for accompaniment for evening meditations and pre-sleep settling.
- Want to use the bass vibration as a kind of massage during body-awareness and breathing exercises.
- Need a solid root tone when combining several instruments.
Why this product
The cherry-wood Cherry finish combined with the D tuning produces a particularly organic and warm sound. If you feel most at home in the bass register, or wish to experience the vibration of the strings as directly as possible, the D-tuned Monolina is an ideal choice. Despite its substantial sound, it remains compact and easy to carry.
Care tips
- Pluck the bass strings slowly and with light pressure to feel the resonance.
- Hold the instrument in your lap while seated, so the vibration travels through your body.
- Use the pentatonic templates to experiment with major and minor moods on the melody section.
- From time to time check and fine-tune the strings with the included accessories.
- Do not over-tighten the strings: if a string snaps, the loose end can cause injury.
- Take care when placing the bridges under the strings: your fingers can get pinched, and the brass pins in the bridges are sharp and pointed.
About Feeltone
Feeltone is a craft instrument workshop based in Lassan, northern Germany, founded by Ingo Böhme. For more than two decades they have been building monochords, sound beds, sound chairs and ceremonial drums for sound bath facilitators, sound massage practitioners, sound artists and meditation practitioners. Every instrument is hand-built from certified sustainable woods and finished with natural treatments (hard wax oil).