Carruthers Violins logo

The X-Fiddle

Year: 2020
Materials:

Back: Plain Maple
Top: Italian Spruce
Neck: Plain Maple

20112

Finish:

Oil varnish and pigments

Dimensions:

Body length: 418 (16.5 -“) Bouts: 196, 137, 242 Ribs: 35 at top block, 38 at lower String length: 379 Stop: 224

Notes:

This is one of a pair of violins, the X and O-fiddles built to investigate the potential effects of varying the the plate thicknesses on the tone of the instruments.