Hi from England!,


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Hi there, G S Haydon kindly led me here from UKWorkshop (where the resident troll under the bridge scared me away...)
A bit about me,
I'm a student, studying historical stringed instrument making. I specialise at the moment in Viola Da Gamba, which is a baroque and renaissance bowed cousin of the guitar, vaguely resembling a cello (though I hate to admit it!)
I want to use what I learn of historical methods and instruments to influence my making of modern acoustic archtop guitars.
 
I'm also a bit of a tool nutter. That's not to say I know a lot about them, just that they make me *cough* excited.  :D
 
Fraser
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I will take a viola d'amore (14 strings please) and a treble viol with a fish carving :)

 

I have been after these for so many years but alas never been able to quite save up for them.

 

If you fancy a change you can always make me an oboe da caccia ;)

 

You are probably already aware but you should check out the instruments made by stephen barber and sandi harris, they do some very impressive stuff especially with the parchment rosettes.

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I will take a viola d'amore (14 strings please) and a treble viol with a fish carving :)

 

Both of these can be done! I'm thinking of doing a 14 string viola d'amore anyway!

The treble viol with a fish carving sounds ominous :P I've got 2 trebles to my name, but I'm afraid neither are fishy...

 

Stephen's and Sandi's work looks great! I believe my cousin has one of their lutes!

 

Fraser

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