Off Beat The O-FiddleFebruary 12, 2021The X-FiddleFebruary 12, 2021Turtle fiddle sound comparisonOctober 14, 2020Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, Videos, Viola, ViolinWhen I presented the first two unusual fiddles on social media people naturally wanted to know how they sound. Here they are compared to two...Interview with Laurie Niles of violinist.comOctober 4, 2020Media, News, Off-Beat Violins Longtime violin-maker Andrew Carruthers has struck on an idea: that perhaps new violins can be inspired by something other than old violins. Not that the San Francisco...Cellular fiddles Part 2: X’s and O’sSeptember 27, 2020Ideas and inspirations, Instruments, News, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinIn part 1, I described a plan to make a pair of violins with structural features that I think will have effects on the way...Cellular Fiddles Part 1: Braces, Modes and the Possibilities of Shaping SoundSeptember 21, 2020Ideas and inspirations, Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinThe idea of “Cellular Fiddles” has evolved out of two earlier projects. The Dimpled Viola made a feature of some of the visually interesting rough... 1234Next
Turtle fiddle sound comparisonOctober 14, 2020Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, Videos, Viola, ViolinWhen I presented the first two unusual fiddles on social media people naturally wanted to know how they sound. Here they are compared to two...
Interview with Laurie Niles of violinist.comOctober 4, 2020Media, News, Off-Beat Violins Longtime violin-maker Andrew Carruthers has struck on an idea: that perhaps new violins can be inspired by something other than old violins. Not that the San Francisco...
Cellular fiddles Part 2: X’s and O’sSeptember 27, 2020Ideas and inspirations, Instruments, News, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinIn part 1, I described a plan to make a pair of violins with structural features that I think will have effects on the way...
Cellular Fiddles Part 1: Braces, Modes and the Possibilities of Shaping SoundSeptember 21, 2020Ideas and inspirations, Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinThe idea of “Cellular Fiddles” has evolved out of two earlier projects. The Dimpled Viola made a feature of some of the visually interesting rough...