This fiddle is another 4/4.  The back, ribs, and neck, are walnut, and the soundboard is red spruce from adirondackspruce.com. The fingerboard, chin rest and tailpiece are zebrawood. The pegs, nut, endpin, and endrest are ebony.  The pegs and endpin were bought, everything else was carved here. The back is one piece, and has some curly grain … Continue reading Fiddle #32, walnut chicken head-$1070

This fiddle is another 4/4.  The back, ribs, and neck, are walnut, and the soundboard is Engelmann spruce. The fingerboard, chin rest and tailpiece are zebrawood. The pegs, nut, endpin, and endrest are ebony.  The pegs and endpin were bought, everything else was carved here. The back is one piece, and has some curly grain in a … Continue reading Fiddle #30, walnut chicken head with zebrawood-sold

This fiddle is 4/4 size, as are all my fiddles so far.  The back, ribs, neck, and chinrest are all cherry, the fingerboard, end rest, and tailpiece are jatoba and the soundboard is Engelmann spruce with a blue stain down the middle. The pegs, nut, and endpin are ebony.  The finish is Tru Oil. If … Continue reading Fiddle #29, cherry chicken head-$1000

This fiddle is 4/4 size, as are all my fiddles so far.  The back, ribs, neck, and chinrest are all walnut, and the soundboard is Engelmann spruce. The pegs, nut, fingerboard, tailpiece, endpin, and endrest are ebony.  The pegs and endpin were bought, the rest were carved here. The finish is Tru Oil. If you … Continue reading Fiddle #28, walnut chicken head-sold

This fiddle is 4/4 size, as are all my fiddles so far.  The back, ribs, neck, tailpiece and chinrest are all cherry, the fingerboard is jatoba and the soundboard is Engelmann spruce. The pegs, nut, endpin and endrest are ebony.  The finish is Tru Oil. If you want a case I can ship it in … Continue reading Fiddle #27, cherry chicken head-sold

This is my first curly maple chicken head fiddle.  The back, ribs, neck, fingerboard, chin rest, and tailpiece are made from curly maple, the soundboard is Engelmann spruce with a dark streak near the center, and the end rest, endpin, nut and pegs are ebony.  The finish is Tru Oil.  This is a 4/4 fiddle, … Continue reading Fiddle #24, curly maple chicken head-sold

This is my 23rd fiddle overall and my fifth chicken head.  It is 4/4 size, as are all my fiddles so far.  The back, ribs, neck, tailpiece and chinrest are all cherry, the fingerboard is jatoba and the soundboard is Engelmann spruce.  The back has some unusual curly grain patterns in it which are hard … Continue reading Fiddle #23, cherry chicken head-sold

This is my fourth chicken head fiddle and my 22nd fiddle in total. It is made mostly from cherry with a persimmon fingerboard and tailpiece and an Engelmann spruce soundboard. It has ebony pegs, endpin nut and end rest, and a Tru Oil finish. Here is a link to a video demo of this fiddle:

This is my first chicken head fiddle. I made it in January for an exhibit at TAUNY in Canton NY which recently ended. My goal was to make it as much as possible from wood from trees I had cut here on the farm where I am living, so it is made mostly from cherry … Continue reading Fiddle #18, cherry chicken-head-sold

This cello is not for sale, but I can make another one like it in 2-4 months. If you would like to come and try it out before you commission one to be built you’re very welcome, just let me know. This is the first cello I have built.  It is full 4/4 size, made … Continue reading Cello #1, cherry

This is the fifteenth fiddle I have built, and the seventh from curly maple. Curly maple and spruce are the classic woods for violins and this one has a one-piece back which is shown close up in the last photo. The back, sides, neck, fingerboard, tailpiece,end rest and chin rest are made from curly red … Continue reading Fiddle #15, curly maple-sold

This is the third fiddle I built, back in 2012, and the first from cherry wood. The color of the cherry has become deeper and richer over time and will continue to darken. The back, sides, neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, end rest and chin rest are made from cherry, the soundboard and blocks are western red … Continue reading Fiddle #3, cherry-sold

To see a video demonstration of this instrument please follow the link below. This is the fourteenth fiddle I have built, and the sixth from black walnut. The back, sides, neck, fingerboard, tailpiece,end rest and chin rest are made from black walnut, the soundboard is Engelmann spruce from Colorado, the nut is rosewood and the … Continue reading Fiddle #14, black walnut-sold