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Posted by Midwest_Fiddler
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Size: 1,592kb, uploaded 10/5/2007 5:32:02 PM
Genre: Old-Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Here's a quick rendition of the tune on my C.E. Waldorph octave fiddle. The fiddle was made in Brooklyn, IA and the date in the label is April 18, 1905. I'll try to get some photos up sometime soon. Recorded 10/2/07. Chirps
John Tolhurst Says:
Friday, October 5, 2007 @7:26:44 PM
Wonderful! and such a mellow sound.....tell us more about the octave fiddle. please! John Tolhurst
Sky Says:
Saturday, October 6, 2007 @9:56:06 AM
Wow,,, what a great sound. I know you have fun with that fiddle.
Sky
ladymuse Says:
Saturday, October 6, 2007 @4:15:21 PM
OOH Love the overtones! Rich Rich! and thanks for the tune!
~that went in really easily -now it's part and parcel of me brainwaves - (or whatever fiddlers have for brains! (always questionable!)
Jen!
Woody McKenzie Says:
Saturday, January 12, 2008 @9:00:19 PM
Really nice stuff! Your octave fiddle sounds more open and resonant than mine as well as easier to play. (Although it probably has something to do with the player.) My fiddle is an old Maggini factory fiddle. I have to bear down on the G string to drive it and the instrument isn't terribly loud. Once I stuck a pickup in the bridge and tried it at a contra dance, backing up my wife who played a minor jig on the pennywhistle. When I started droning, the sound man (who was dancing) ran up and cut me way down on the pa! He thought something was wrong with my fiddle!
Woody
Owyhee Fiddle Says:
Thursday, January 31, 2008 @6:45:10 PM
Great tune -- thanks. Sounds sorta Norwegian to me. Do you know any history of the tune? Ken
barefootfdlr Says:
Monday, November 24, 2008 @7:34:04 AM
That really sounded good! Do you still have photos or any history on the octave fiddle?
Midwest_Fiddler Says:
Monday, November 24, 2008 @8:26:44 AM
Just in case I haven't answered questions:
There are photos at my homepage.
The tune comes from Cecil Seeley (1898-1988). He lived in Arthur, IL (lots of Amish folks around that area). He didn't have a name for it I I called it Amish Town when I recorded it on Down in Little Egypt.
Last weekend I found that it fits in well playing Christmas songs with six krumhorns.
Chirps
paulinefiddle Says:
Friday, October 26, 2012 @10:28:20 PM
You sound great. Your instrument really sings with a warm, deep, resonant tone. It is one of the best octave fiddles I've ever heard, and you play it very well.
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