The Birth of a Violin

This has little to do with living in a bog, unless you count the the fiddle tunes played here.  I've had this video on my old laptop for a couple years, and fear the soon demise of my beloved Mac.  Thus, I will post it here for perpetuity.

Arnie Anderson was gracious enough to share his workshop and expertise and help me turn a $59 ebay "violin in the white" kit into "Pumpkin", the very orange violin that I keep going back to no matter how many violins I accumulate!

After working on it for the better part of 5 months and 15 coats of varnish, we videoed the final moments of string application and tuning so we could record the first "cries" of this new baby.  Enjoy.

(Well, such is blogging. The video will not load.😕)