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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...
Interview with Laurie Niles of violinist.com
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’s
In 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 Sound
The idea of “Cellular Fiddles” has evolved out of two earlier projects. The Dimpled Viola made a feature of some of the visually interesting rough...