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Build Your Own Fiddle/Violin
Date: Sunday, Mar 13 - Saturday, Mar 19, 2022
Subject: Woodworking, Music
Instructor: Jack Cowardin
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Whether you call it a fiddle or a violin, the fundamentals of making the instrument are the same. Learn how to install a bass bar, inlay purfling, top tuning, neck setting, peg fitting, sound post setting, and bridge carving. Finish a fiddle/violin "in the white" (first coat of varnish is possible). Explore advanced techniques including varnish, use of hide glue, and maintenance, and learn some of the fiddle's/violin's history and myths. Beginners are welcome, though some woodworking experience is helpful. Special tools and forms will be provided. Note: Additional materials fee is estimated at $250.

Tuition: $693.00

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