Salve Håkedal, fiddlemaker

Tips and Tricks

Cutting f-holes sound holes on a hardanger fiddle

This is how I cut them:

After roughly carving the top, I drill the four holes. The small ones from the outside, and the big ones from the inside.

Then I fully shape the arching, but the f-holes sound holes are still only rough

Carving out the inside

To start opening the holes, I saw it. Then uses knives.