A much clearer video featuring the Hardanger fiddle (Hardingfela). lovely playing.....
Interestiing instrument - I was introduced to it via Colin Ross in the 70's. I recall he said that most fiddles are strung with gut, but for the
Hardanger they use the whole cat!
A friend of mine, who is doing the violin making course at Newark, told me that gut strings were actually made of sheep or goat (I think) guts. The makers told everyone that they used cat guts as they didn't think people would want to kill a pwoor wickle pwussy cat to try and copy their string making methods!
