Iron County Record | 1919-12-05 | Page 7 | Violin Maker Manufactures Fiddles with Pocketknife

Violin Maker Manufactures Fiddles With Pocketknife Material if strange description Con tributes Interest to the productions of an eccentric Ohio violin maker whose Instruments ar nl "d for their ornate carvings. Kxtreiini., pie tools an- used iy tin- workman, an old pocket-knife pocket-knife With nicked and rusted hludea being one of his favorite Impli ments, In spite of this, the instruments buvs an excellent sppeavance and good tonal qualities. Wood taken from the heart of a partly petrified log dug up In an eastern state forms (he back of one of the extraordinary violins. Another unusual un-usual Instrument has a back made from one of the drawers of u bureuu brought to this country from England shortly after the historic voyage of the ktsvygowsr, I J k L