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Pigeon Fiddle

The back, sides and neck of the pigeon fiddle are all carved from a single birch burl. The top is carved out of sitka spruce.

10 comments

Mar 1, 2012. 3:40 PMGASSYPOOTS says:

how do teh birdehs play it??????????????

Sep 4, 2011. 1:05 PMinsomniaSAH says:

The coolest looking 'ibles always seem to be the ones that don't actually have some instructions when you click on them :/

This looks awesome, but I really wish there were some WIP shots xD

Jan 3, 2012. 2:19 PMebubbula says:

I agree with you on that the coolest ones dont have instructions. This is still pretty awesome nice job jesse.hensel

Sep 5, 2011. 2:09 PM

Wasagi says:

This is awesome!

Sep 3, 2011. 8:25 PMjamesmcgehee says:

Dude this is epic you should show some more pics!

Sep 3, 2011. 10:19 PM

jesse.hensel (author) says:

Thanks. Is there something specific you would like another photo of?

Sep 3, 2011. 4:01 PM

mikeasaurus says:

Looks amazing. Were you the artist that carved it? Do you have any shots of it being made?

If it's yours, you should enter it in the Musical Instruments Challenge!

Sep 3, 2011. 5:03 PM

jesse.hensel (author) says:

Thanks for the tip on the challenge. I wanted to enter, but I wasn't quite sure how. I did indeed make it. I found the burl in May and finished the piece a month ago. I don't think I have any construction photos. However, I may repeat the method to make a cello, and I'll try and be better about documentation.