kréddle features
Find your perfect chin rest position and then lock it in securely for unmatched customization and support.
Interchangeable chin plates.
All kréddle | classic come with two interchangeable chin plates.
5-axis adjustment
The kréddle allows unequaled customization. Each angle of adjustment performs a different function in violin and viola playing. Understanding how each angle of adjustment will affect your playing is crucial to leverage the full capability of the kréddle chin rest.
360º Lateral Adjustment
With the Kréddle, you finally get to choose how far over the top of the violin your chinrest hovers. This means that the Kréddle actually helps you keep your scroll up. All conventional chinrests sit right at the back edge of the violin. But notice what happens when you gradually raise the scroll: eventually your chin is over the top of the violin. The Kréddle moves with your chin, so you’ll finally have a chinrest that actually helps you keep your scroll from drooping!
360° Rotation
Ever have a hard time keeping your bow straight for the whole bow stroke? That's probably because your chinrest isn't letting you choose the best angle of the violin for you. If you're like me and have longer arms, you'll probably need to swing the scroll of the violin a little more to the left of center. Whereas, if you have a shorter bow arm, looking straight down the violin strings will give your arm more length in relation to the violin. The point is, with the kréddle you get to choose how the angle of the violin, the bow, and the length of your bow arm relate to each other. This angle has everything to do with bow technique, and thus, musicality.
Tilt
The kréddle provides an unprecedented level of tilt adjustment. We use tilt to mean the angle of adjustment observed when you rotate the violin around the length of the fingerboard. This angle of adjustment allows the violinist to find just the right relationship between the violin and the bow, the bow and the arm, and the arm to the body. The implications this angle of adjustability has for the health and practical playing concerns of violinists and violists cannot be overstated.
Pitch
The pitch angle can be understood as the rotational motion that occurs when an airplane sweeps its nose up and down while at the same time the tail of the plane does the opposite with the wings as the fulcrum. Adjusting the pitch of the kréddle allows the violinist to customize the grip their chin has on the chinrest. Rotating the front of the kréddle downwards provides the violinist with a ridge to grip with their jaw bone. Rotate the kréddle the other direction and you can soften the ridge--the result: no more using the violin as an excuse for that hicky on your neck. The kréddle chinrest allows the violinist to find the perfect balance between security and comfort.
4 Height Positions
Having the ability to adjust chinrest height, will, in our opinion, be the single most important accomplishment of the kréddle. This will give players with necks of all different lengths the ability to find the perfect height for their chinrest. It will allow all violinists the capacity to feel the stability provided by having the violin sit on the collar bone--a violinists real point of stability--while not having to worry about how to fill in the gap between the top of the chinrest and their chin. The kréddle can adjust between approximately 28 - 45mm in height using four interchangeable post sizes. The height will vary +/-2mm depending on how the kréddle is tilted.
kréddle reviews
"Over almost 18 years of playing, I had always been struggling with neck and back pains that were a result of bad posture. Kreddle was by far the most valuable investment in my health and quality of performance. It provides gentle support so that my neck does not bend forward and I feel more comfortable and balanced when playing. I have been recommending Kreddle to my friends and students and wish I had found out about it earlier in my performing career. Thank you so much!"
Anastasiia
Juilliard
"It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the most important innovation since the invention of the chin rest itself! Not only does it immediately reduce tension by forming to your body's natural shape, but it makes the instrument sound better due to the high quality, light material and minimal contact with the actual instrument. Now excuse me everybody while I go practice comfortably for the first time in...ever."
Hanna
Eastman School of Music
