#Fiddles

Richard Baker

@bakerart.bsky.social

2 months ago

Fiddle players in the pub, mixed media on lightly primed card
#art #pubmusic #fiddles #violins #Irishmusic #guinness

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gracepeace

@gracepeace.bsky.social

2 months ago

Richard Baker‬
‪@bakerart.bsky.social‬
· 6h
Musicians playing Irish music in a Cambridge pub (mixed media)
#art #guinness #fiddles #jigsandreels

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Richard Baker

@bakerart.bsky.social

2 months ago

A mixed media drawing showing musicians playing Irish music. Mixed media here is colour wash over lightly primed card with some oil pastel and linear work using a dip pen and Daler Rowney FW Acrylic ink.

Musicians playing Irish music in a Cambridge pub (mixed media)
#art #guinness #fiddles #jigsandreels

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

Looney Tunes | The Hillbilly Rabbit | WB Kids YouTube video by WB Kids

#OTD #TDIH #December13: #NationalViolinDay! #ViolinDay #Violins #Fiddles #NationalDays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feDo...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

Jack Benny - Gisele MacKenzie YouTube video by billga2010

#OTD #TDIH #December13: #NationalViolinDay! #ViolinDay #Violins #Fiddles #NationalDays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjjB...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

Honeysuckle Rose YouTube video by Quintette du Hot Club de France - Topic

#OTD #TDIH #December13: #NationalViolinDay! #ViolinDay #Violins #Fiddles #NationalDays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoS_...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

Yehudi Menuhin plays Mendelssohn violin concerto YouTube video by medici.tv

#OTD #TDIH #December13: #NationalViolinDay! #ViolinDay #Violins #Fiddles #NationalDays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaBo... Yehudi Menuhin plays Mendelssohn violin concerto

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

Paganini Caprice no.5 [HQ] YouTube video by Ellingmint

#OTD #TDIH #December13: #NationalViolinDay! #ViolinDay #Violins #Fiddles #NationalDays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLgB... Paganini Caprice no.5 [HQ]

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Marjory McGinn

@marjorywrites.bsky.social

3 months ago

Love these spirited open nights of Scottish music. This one in Dunkeld, Perthshire.

#Dunkeld #perthshire #scottish #craic #fiddles

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michael

@proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

an odd-sized violin Pirate Luthier update The second violin I discovered during that lucky day on Gloucester Green market, number 29 on my books, is a funny size, between 3/4 and 7/8 (342 mm body length). Some other details are peculiar as well. The back is flamed in the wrong direction, with the stripes running lengthwise. Still made of two halves though, with the line between the halves ever so slightly tilted. It starts in the right place at the tail end, but ends up closer to the G string at the top. The tailpiece is from a lovely piece of wood (rosewood?) and held by a proper old school tailgut. The chinrest is from the same material although not quite as nice. There are three rather clunky adjusters on D A and E, but there isn't really enough space underneath the tailpiece to use their range without scratching the wood underneath, so I am thinking of replacing these. A more compact design would also provide the opportunity to put the strings 1 mm lower at the bridge. It came with an interesting old bow and a wooden case lined with green felt inside and covered with black sticky stuff on the outside, so let's say mid 20th century? No label or trademark of any kind (apart from the little smily face scratched into the belly by a student). The odd features make me think it may come from some place that doesn't have a long established tradition of violin making. Still it sounds ok for a smaller instrument with strange features and its original mix of strings. I tidied 2/3 of my desk as well, so that is a lovely surface that I haven't seen in a while and that serves nicely as a background for photos. How lovely is that tailpiece? I like the bow. I'm glad it still has enough hair to play, because I have a backlog of bows I need to rehair! **List of violins** in the pirate luthier series: violin 1) is the one my late aunt had since the 1930s, which got me started. After restoring it in November 2022, I played it almost every day for 14 months, until number 5) showed up. violin 2) is a Stentor student 1 (a very widely used brand of cheap fiddles available everywhere and still being produced). I bought it very cheap on gumtree, mainly because I needed a case for number 1). It has a fault that is probably not worth repairing, see the blog entry on number 3) below. After stripping it of some accessories and spares, I am now inclined to keep it in a semi-functional state to try out experimental repairs, i.e. use it as a wooden guinea pig of sorts. violin 3) came from a folkie friend who moved away. I put the soundpost back in its place and it has now found a new home. violin 4) is a modern Chinese one which I bought from one musical friend and sold to another, no work needed. violin 5) (donated by a friendly freegler) was my second favourite and the one I played in folk sessions for roughly a year until number 22) showed up. violin 6) is the half-sized Lark which was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 7) is a skylark from 1991 which I bought on gumtree for £ 10 and fitted with a new bridge. Good enough for folk I would say. It was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 8) is the "ladies violin", a 7/8 skylark. It was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 9) is the one which needed a new bridge and a tailgut and turned out to sound quite lovely on the E string. It was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 10) is the 3/4 sized one with a broken neck and traces of multiple repair attempts, which I've now repaired. I kept it for a couple of months to check the neck stays in place, then gave it away to a good cause in June 2025. violin 11) is the 3/4 sold by JP Guivier & Co Ltd. in the 1950s but may actually be older than that. It was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 12) is a full-size Lark which a freegle user kindly donated and delivered after seeing my offer. It was one of the six violins I gave away on freegle in June 2024. violin 13) is still broken violin 14) is a half-size Lark which I gave away to a good cause in June 2025. violin 15) is a 3/4 size Stentor student 2, which I gave away to a local school in October 2024 violin 16) is the Sebastian Klotz branded one, sadly not made by the Mittenwald luthier, but by Yamaha Malaysia, who appear to have trademarked his name. violin 17) is the supersized violin with a very strong sound. violin 18) is the slightly drunken but nice sounding violin from Poland, which I restored and returned to its family. violin 19) is a Stentor student 1 violin which only needed a little TLC, and within less than a week I had it brushed up and ready to move to our local school. The most intriguing problem it had was that somebody had put in the bridge the wrong way round, with the lower slope under the G string. violin 20) is a Stentor student 1 violin I bought via GumTree. It sounds really nice for what it is, thanks in part to a good set-up with Dominant strings. I have labelled this one as an official Cowley Orchestra instrument. violin 21) is a nameless student violin I bought via facebook, not quite sure what to think of it. The fingerboard is horizontal, which is all wrong and may mean there is not enough pressure on the bridge to produce a good sound. violin 22) is the 19th century Guarneri copy, still my favourite, although I'll have to fix that crack at some point. Because of the crack I play it only at home and take number 24 to sessions. violin 23) is a nameless student violin I bought from a charity shop. It looks unused but had no strings, so I set it up with a set of spare strings that came with another violin. It turned out to be no trouble at all and sounds ok for an instrument that looks really cheap (with the purfling painted on). violin 24) is the densely cratered one I found lying on a chair at Oxfam, and which I currently play at sessions. violin 25) is the fleamarket find from Neuss violin 26) is the lady in red, which has now rejoined its family. violin 27) is the Czechoslovakian student model violin 28) is the black one I found three minutes before number 29), so they're basically twins. violin 29) is the odd-size instrument described above **Balance 27.9.2025** : Of the 29 violins listed above, 8 received via freegle, 3 from friends and family, 16 bought (gumtree, facebook, charity shops, flea markets, cost ranging £ 10 to £45), 2 taken in for repair only and returned to their families. Of the 27 acquired, 8 given away via freegle, 2 given to a local school, 2 sold to musical friends, 1 moved to Germany for holiday practice, 12 currently in house and ready to play, 2 in house and still broken. **List of other instruments** in the pirate luthier series: an old Irish banjo guitar 1) is the 100 year-old one from Valencia which I set up with frets and strings and handed back to its owner. guitar 2) is one I spotted in a charity shop "sold as seen" for a very affordable price with nothing more than a broken string, and I bought and repaired it because I knew the owner of the next one needed one while their guitar was out of service. guitar 3) had a broken neck which I glued back on with hide glue at the same time when I repaired violin 10). It has now returned to its family. the zither I found at the flea market in Dusseldorf. and finally a shout-out to our family-built hammered dulcimer, which dates from 2016, long before I got any ideas about violins.

#PirateLuthier adventures - here comes #violin number 29. Currently have 12 that are ready to play if anybody in #Oxford wants one. proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-odd-sized-vio... #musicalInstruments #fiddles #goodEnoughForFolk

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Dave Shoots Books

@daveshootsbooks.bsky.social

6 months ago

This 2006 #book would make a great #gift for anyone with #CapeBreton roots! $30. #Booksky #NovaScotia #SocialHistory #music #folkmusic #fiddles #bagpipes #CelticMusic #JohnAllanCameron #AshleyMacIsaac

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Kate Duvall

@kateduvall.bsky.social

6 months ago

New in our shop!

FOUR extremely rare 1940's shank buttons for music lovers!
#plastic #buttons #Shanks #musictwt #musical #instruments #Violin #fiddles #sax #saxplayer #saxy #saxophone #banjo #vintage #musician #Jazz #bluegrass #FreeShipping @2Fun4Words

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Miriam B

@miriamkb.bsky.social

6 months ago

Violins and vintage cars captivate Fort Smith’s Fireweed Festival "Fort Smith really shows up." A packed Fireweed Festival is cramming in everything from vintage cars to a fiddle camp and live music on multiple stages.

My latest article for Cabin Radio. I'm at the Fireweed Festival in Fort Smith NT for a weekend filled with vintage cars, live music and a fun crowd. #fiddles

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@lynnieh7280.bsky.social

8 months ago

A full moon shines in a deep blue night sky with a few clouds on the horizon. A mischievous desert spoon steals a violin from a cat. The cat is angry and so is the dish. They’re both jumping up and down in sheer anger. The laughing spoon jumps over a stream to get away from them. I based this drawing on the nursery rhyme The Cat And The Fiddle

A children’s theme for #julikeithot2025day6
I decided to base this one on the nursery rhyme The Cat And The Fiddle.

Hey Diddle Fiddle

#julikeithot2025spoon #julikeithot2025 #julikeithot #childrensart #artistscommunity #musicalinstruments #music #violins #fiddles

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nerosunero

@nerosunero.bsky.social

9 months ago

2 June 2025 Dublin, Monday Bank Holiday no 2
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #Fiddles
nerosunero.art/dublin-sprin...

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nerosunero

@nerosunero.bsky.social

9 months ago

Fiddles
2 June 2025 Dublin, Monday Bank Holiday!
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #Fiddles
nerosunero.art/dublin-sprin...

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dan2bit

@dan2bit.bsky.social

1 year ago

Enter the Haggis LIVE Farewell Tour @ Barns at Wolf Trap 2/26/25 - YouTube Select tracks from the balcony. Full set list at https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/enter-the-haggis/2025/the-barns-at-wolf-trap-vienna-va-435b3767.html

New #bootleg playlist is up! Toronto rock band #EnterTheHaggis on their farewell tour ("Exit the Haggis", of course). Not too many rock bands feature #bagpipes and #fiddles, but this is one! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 year ago