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Curly maple back, sides, and neck

Fiddle Kit

An ideal kit for the beginner or intermediate builder, this curly maple fiddle kit has enough of the difficult work done to give you a great head start. The fine handwork is left to you, with the help of our instructions (provided). An outstanding price, too!

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Kits : Fiddle Kits : Fiddle Kit : This curly maple kit is a great introduction to fiddle making.
 Item#  Description   In stock   Price   Quantity   
 5342  Fiddle Kit  Yes   $156.98 
 3 or more  $135.98 


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The fiddle's spruce top and curly maple back are carved and sanded, and the back is glued to the linings, blocks and curly maple ribs. The machine-carved curly maple neck is ready for nut work and fitting to the instrument. Bass bar fitting, assembly, purfling, finishing and set-up will complete your project.

The kit includes:
Ebony fingerboard, nut and saddle, boxwood tailpiece with adjustable fastener and E-string adjuster, boxwood chinrest, endpin, and tuning pegs, maple bridge, wooden purflings, spruce bass bar and soundpost, soundpost installation tool, strings, and assembly instructions.

View the kit instructions and our recommended tool list to build this kit.
Order a fiddle bow or case separately.
April 25, 2008
I've just completed the violin which I made from your fiddle kit, and I'm extremely well pleased with it.
John McCarthy
Maynooth Ireland

February 22, 2008
I just finished building one of your fiddles. I couldn’t wait to play it, so I strung it up without any varnish/finish whatsoever and it sounds absolutely beautiful, with strings that resonate with the slightest touch! I have played expensive violins, but this one takes the cake by far. I’m off to Ireland soon and will be doing sessions with this one for sure.
Peter Richardson
Placerville CA

February 7, 2008
Well, I've done it! I built a violin from your kit. I French-polished it and it looks beautiful. It sounds better than many violins I've played and owned over the years. I'm playing it tonight to my darling wife, who wanted to be the first to hear it. When the strings settle in I'll play Bruch's G Minor Concerto for her over a candlelit dinner.
John Rooke
Adelaide SA Australia




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