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The Tabolin – Part 2, Construction and Exploration.
In part 1 of this post I discussed the ideas behind the hybrid “Tabolin”. The instrument is part violin, part tabla drum and will feature...
The Tabolin. Part1. Concept
Following on from earlier experimental fiddles I’ve been thinking of making a violin with very thin areas or cells in the upper and lower bouts....
Cellular Fiddles – Part 3. Finished and Compared
Carving the plates Carving the plates for the X and O fiddles was fairly straight forward. The basic design of the plates is “strong in...
Turtle fiddle sound comparison
When I presented the first two unusual fiddles on social media people naturally wanted to know how they sound. Here they are compared to two...