Everything about fiddle making and playing is to me intimidating and a lesson in humility. The very words "master Italian violin luthier" send a cold shiver down my spine. However to carve a scroll worthy of a cigar box fiddle seems an attainable goal.
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The Motolla method is VERY accessible/approachable.
Everything about fiddle making and playing is to me intimidating and a lesson in humility. The very words "master Italian violin luthier" send a cold shiver down my spine. However to carve a scroll worthy of a cigar box fiddle seems an attainable goal.
Ah. Scroll carving. Worth doing. :-)
These are the links that served me:
http://liutaiomottola.com/construction/Scroll.htm
http://www.violins.demon.co.uk/making/carvescroll.htm
Those are quite encouraging - and Motolla's approach is very "do-able".
If you wish to be intimidated, check this thread, by a master Italian violin luthier:
http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=317301