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Unusual Violins violin 2, cello. Cittern, hurdy-gurdy
Guitars banjos Tunbridgeware
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V Norway 7str.JPG (28844 bytes) V Hardanger f.JPG (48196 bytes) V head 4Hardangerb.JPG (32547 bytes) Z bowed violin shape f.JPG (31050 bytes) Z bowed violin shape b.JPG (23506 bytes)
Norwegian 7 string 18thC? Hardanger fiddle Norway.1926 8 string Fretted lap fiddle C1890. (See also bowed zither.)
V narrow.JPG (27632 bytes) V machine.JPG (26581 bytes) V machine h.JPG (15835 bytes) V Kryton f.JPG (27126 bytes) V Kryton s.JPG (19890 bytes) V decor back F.JPG (32463 bytes) v decor bacb b.JPG (42389 bytes)
19thC narrow bodied 19thC Late 19thC machine tuners 19th century angular fiddle. Circa 1850 Saxony, inlaid back and edges
V carved back b.jpg (34032 bytes) V lyre ecc.JPG (32999 bytes) V lyre ecc b.JPG (30957 bytes) V triangle.JPG (28555 bytes) V banjo f.JPG (36616 bytes) V banjo b.JPG (37740 bytes)
Bavarian. C1860s. Carved back 19thC E Europe ?

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 Folk fiddle USA ? C1860 Banjo violin. double vellum head. French early 20thC
Guitar shaped violins
V guitar 18thc.JPG (32085 bytes) V guitar-mandolinF.JPG (35874 bytes) V guitar 19thc F.JPG (30429 bytes) V guitar 19thc b.JPG (38013 bytes)

V slit shole f.JPG (39060 bytes)

 V slit shole b.JPG (36828 bytes)
18th century probably Italian C1920 Early 19th century Guseto style  
V Russian f.JPG (33556 bytes)

V guitar Howell F.JPG (27194 bytes)

 V guitar 2 f.JPG (42002 bytes) V guitar 2 b.JPG (37079 bytes) V brass 18thC fs.JPG (29178 bytes)
Russian curved edge 1850s Howell 1830s Circa 1850 18th century brass bodied church violin.
V Philomele.JPG (32573 bytes) V Philomele sh.JPG (38236 bytes) V Phiomele.JPG (29750 bytes)
German Philomele C1880 Philomele. Germany.  C1890 19thc "piecrust" shape fiddle. German Viol shape fiddle. Budapest 1820s
Mute/practice/frame violins
V mute 1.JPG (18056 bytes) V mute 2.JPG (22545 bytes) V mute 3.JPG (28181 bytes) V mute 4.JPG (25431 bytes) V Mandby.JPG (25868 bytes)
Stick fiddle Late19thC  Frame C1880 Frame C1890 Czech C1910 flat back practice violin Mandby practice. Slotted f/board.
Dancing masters Kits, 
V kit 18thc.JPG (21548 bytes) V kit 19thcX2.JPG (28488 bytes) V kit square f.JPG (18831 bytes) V kit square b.JPG (17959 bytes) V kit tear 2.JPG (20821 bytes) V kit tear 1.JPG (21763 bytes)
C1740 Dancing masters kit Early 19thc kit-mute violin Two late 19thC kits Early 19th kit Mid 19thC pear drop kit  Mid 19thC pear drop kit
Kit c1850 by Schuster Kit c1820 Pochette, French c1800

 

    
walking stick fiddles
V walking stick 2 f.JPG (17258 bytes) V walking stick 2 b.JPG (19570 bytes) V walking stick 2 fb.JPG (23749 bytes) V Wstick1.JPG (12902 bytes) V Wstick2.JPG (20457 bytes)
Walking stick fiddle  circa 1900. Germany.

Walking stick violin C1880. Mittenwald, Germany
Violins with carved finials
V Head 1.JPG (11355 bytes) V head 2 lion.JPG (12572 bytes) V head 3 charlie.JPG (10555 bytes) V head 4Hardangerh.JPG (11299 bytes) V head 5.JPG (10490 bytes) Va amore Head.JPG (12496 bytes)
German 1860s  Lion Bavarian C1840 C1820  Troll, Norway 1926 Demon head C1850  Viola d amore head
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