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I was just at a restaurant when I saw your post… I was thinking “Wait a minute.. which fiddle are we talking about? The Ebay Barnabetti, the cursed Barnabetti or the Marconcini?”

So many etti’s and ini’s I get myself turned around.
Tomorrow I’m going to try the Macaroni.

My wife is coming with me.. I kinda hope I hate it. Or else it might…[Read more]

OOPS….I think we are tailing about two different fiddles here. I thought you where going back to see the fiddle with the neck reset. This is the other one you mentioned. Let us know what you find out.
Stay tuned. Diane in SoCal

Hi Casey….Thanks for your response. Today between 1200 – 200pm…I was not able to get on the site. Then I was busy until now and was able to get on at around 4:45pm. This morning, I tried with both Safari and Foxfire and was unable to get to the site….so not sure if (‘m the only one having problems or are others still experiencing some probl…[Read more]

Hello WS….Great that you get to try out the fiddle….not sure what they are asking for it but I’d give them an offer if it sounds like what your looking for. The two ebay listing that Bob found in a search history were both under $600. The other one on Ebay still has not sold because people are wise and do their research in the the Ebay his…[Read more]

Hey Diane.
I’ve got an appointment to try out the Marconcini on Saturday.
We are supposed to be packing (wife got the job in Bozeman, MT) but I keep having these little “side projects”. She said, “I thought we weren’t going to anymore fiddle stores after the Barnabetti fiasco of 2016”

I figure while we are in Henderson, we may as well also…[Read more]

Hi Roland….LOL…that’s so funny how you describe WS foray into the Used Fiddle pile of vintage instruments.It is fun though but a hard disease to to fit with no cure in sight! There are literally so many used fiddles out there…what’s a person to do. I swear…my husband is a fiddle and bow junkie. I never know what UPS, FEDEX, USPS or any…[Read more]

Yes, Diane. That was exactly the issue that was fixed. It was only showing up at peak usage times, so that makes sense. Please let me know if you continue to experience the issue, but I believe we identified the problem and implemented a solution. Thanks!!!

Casey

Hi. Thanks Casey….actually I have been experiencing problems for the past 4-5 days where I can not get on, it will say….”Safari cannot find the server”. Have others experienced this this past week? Or was it just today? It usually happens to me about 6:30pm – 8pm Pacific Time….I’m in SoCal. I hope they have found the problems and can fix i…[Read more]

Good Morning Fiddle Nerd Friend!!!! Well this is very interesting what you turned up about the Vegas guy. I will show that to Bob when he gets home this afternoon. As for the one you show on Craig’s List…Bob would probably tell you that the arching (top and bottom plates) are not the best. If you look at the image, #7 and see how the top is r…[Read more]

Thanks Diane.
I’ve pretty much decided that are two classifications of fiddles out in the wild. “Factory Fiddles with fancy names” and “Total BS”. Anything I can afford likely falls into one of those two categories, mostly like the latter lol.

I also found another local dude with this listing:…[Read more]

Hi…..will I found out some info on Giuseppe. Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers. Volume 3.
By William Henley. First Ed. 1960

G. Marconcini. Born 1774. Son of Luigi Aloisio. Studied with Storioni. Settled at Ferrara. Died 8141. His workmanship varies considerably, but many of his instruments may be placed on a level with t…[Read more]

What did I do? I think I just made a thread is all 🙂

That’s pretty cool though.. downside to something like that is that the sound will get into your head. It will infect you and nothing else will suffice *evil laugh*

Pretty cool to find something legit these days.. Will be waiting for updates.