I have made some copies of old fiddles. Part of that process has
usually been to take some photographs. I'm not always a great photographer,
but some of the pictures may be of interest.
Torleiv Frøysaa 1920
Around 1990 I made a copy of a Frøså-fiddle from 1934. At that time I did not
take pictures and it was difficult to measure plate thicknesses. Here is a
newer picture of another Frøyså-fiddle that is 14 years older. Torleiv Frøysaa
had hardly altered the shape during those years, so it is very similar to the
one I copied. (But this one has had a 5th sympathetic string added later.)
Instead of taking pictures at that time, I traced the fiddle as good as I
possible could. I give away the drawing to interested makers. It's in 1/1 scale
and has the outer shape as well as the decoration. But as mentioned: no
thicknesses. 2 fractions of the drawing is here. (My scanner do not take
the large size.)
Salve Håkedal, fiddlemaker
