My Next Cigar Box Instruments: Epic Easy To Play Leg Fiddles 🎻

📺 My journey building fretless three-string cigar box guitars began with an appreciation for the unique, laid-back playing experience they provide, differing significantly from regular guitars. The next creations to emerge from my new workshop will be player-friendly cigar box leg fiddles or simple cigar box viola da gambas. The leg-fiddle design floating around in my head is not entirely original. It was inspired by instruments of antiquity and our recent past. Learn more about my plans by watching this video.

REFERENCES:

👉https://www.cigarboxguitars.com/post/photos-cigar-box-instruments-from-1922-book

👉https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_box_guitar#:~:text=Trace%20evidence%20of%20cigar%20box,playing%20a%20cigar%20box%20fiddle.

👉The Development of Western Music by K. Marie Stolba pg. 215-217

👉Public Domain Images Sourced from https://picryl.com/

19th Century Erhu: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Erhu Shop: Wikimedia Commons

1825 Talharpa: Museum Zeughaus; Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim

Renaissance/Baroque Guitar: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bass Viola da Gamba: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paolo Veronese Self Portrait w. Viola Da Gamba: Musee du Lourve

Painting of Ensemble w Viola da Gamba: Musee du Lourve

May Newman Playing Cigar Box Banjo She Made: Palatka, Florida: floridamemory.com

USA Rural Instruments Exhibit: 1/01/1937 Washington DC

👉Drawing of Edwin Forbes Making a Cigar Box Violin Sourced from cbgitty.com