Vassar’s fiddle 💫

 

This is the fancy fiddle that graced the hands of one Vassar Clements! 

It is believed it was crafted in the 1500s by a renowned German luthier, but is most likely a quality copy.

The fiddle features an ornately head carved scroll and a painting on the back. 

It is believed to have been owned previously by a distinguished Russian violinist, and by renowned bluegrass fiddler John Hartford, who gifted this fiddle to Vassar in the 1970s. 

Pretty cool! 

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