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calfskin |
Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: instrument repairer/maker
Gender: Male
Age: 75
My Instruments:
tenor british isles style ,5 string frailing , flat pick guitar ,mandolin , fiddle
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
the elkville stringband ,sam gleaves ,victor furtado, marc dalmassio ,tevor mckensie ,jim lloyd buck mountain band
Classified Rating: not rated
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Created 5/30/2011
Last Visit 9/27/2023
been playing trad music since 1968 ,being cash strapped fixed my own instruments fiddle guitar banjo mandolin and started doin it full time in 1984 . made 4 violins 2 violas 2 mandolins a lyre and a hammered dulcimer but i was always too slow to make a living making so do mostly repairs now i also buy damaged instruments to repair and resell,mainly fiddles but at the moment i am doing more banjos with about 15 in stock . having a scientific background i have spent many hours trying to recreate old italian varnish ,with some sucess and hope to start marketing my varnish in a small way soon