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Tabolin – Part 3, Sound Test
The Tabolin was strung up and played with different configurations of weights on the velum panels. Results With no weights The Tabolin is responsive, balanced...
Off-beat Violins
A collection of instruments for tonal and aesthetic exploration. This began as a Covid project. I’d long wanted to make an instrument that showed off...
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...