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Pirate fiddle, a work in progress


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Yup, that's the one I was shown by PoD's good lady wife that started this whole thing.

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All that work and then they put a modern acorn nut on the volume knob. A knuckle bone or a tiny skull would have been so much more appropriate. Still and all, quite striking.

Oh, and the fifth string is a "C" normally found on the viola. The viola lacks the violin's high frequency "E" string. So here you have a greater range of tonality.

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  • 2 years later...

hmmm.... this would be an interesting topic to pick back up. I like the idea of the five strings... perhaps the ghost strings like on the hardanger fiddle, too, but to make the fiddle more like a pochette?

I've begun to learn the viola... the five strings would allow you to play trble and alto clef. wicked cool!

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I'd like to see Cap'n Thighbiter of the Brigands ruffle 'em strings. ^_^

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