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Fiddle - 'Tin Fiddle'

Other name(s): 
violin
Collection ID: 
L1977.003
Collection: 
Social history

Fiddle made from tin with wooden neck. Made by a local blacksmith, James Scarth Foubister, who owned a herring fishing boat and wanted to take a fiddle on board that would not easily get broken.


Physical attributes

Dimensions
Length600mm
Material
Tin

Production

OriginatorFoubister, James Scarth
PlaceDeerness, Orkney

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