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Cardboard Fiddle

Posted by Brandon Wells on May 12, 2024 at 11:21pm

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This video was from a couple years ago, but I recycled a cardboard ice pack box into a two string fiddle. It may not be an actual cigar box but it embraces the DIY spirit of recycling found objects into instruments.

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Brandon Wells May 13, 2024 at 5:48pm

I build my bowed instruments with two strings to simplify construction. Two string fiddles don't need a rounded fingerboard to be playable with either single note or drone playing.
Maybe one time or another I could try out a three or four-string drone/chord fiddle where all the strings are ringing out in a block chord, as like the bowed lyre family such as the Nordic talharpa or the Welsh crwth.
Poorness Studios May 13, 2024 at 12:15pm

That ice box sounds pretty darn good.
Uncle John May 13, 2024 at 11:31am

:D
Southern Ray May 13, 2024 at 12:59am

"Awesome" indeed! Been wanting to build one of these...

Thanks!
Brandon Wells May 12, 2024 at 11:24pm

I used heavy fishing line (softer than steel strings) and the neck construction actually makes contact with the top surface to hold the instrument's tension.