Cigar Box Fiddle... we found the real thing
On our way to Cedar Key, FL, last year, Susie and
I visited a little country store called, appropriately, The
Country Store, to get some lunch. While we
were waiting for our sandwiches to be built, we
wan dered around the place admiring  the
old timey stuff they had hung on the walls. Our
chins hit the ground when we saw an authentic cigar
box fiddle hanging on a thick nail next to a rusty
old sickle.
The fiddle looked to be pretty darned old. It was
clearly made from a cigar box. The head had had
some sort of ivory or porcelain cap at one time
which had mostly worn off. It appears to have a
metal support either inside or on the back.
The lady who ran the place, Ms. Mary Cramer, was
in the process of purchasing the property
from the owner, so
she would not let us take the instrument down from
the wall for examination. She could provide no
history on the instrument, but she invited us back
and said once she was the owner, she'd be happy
to let us carefully look it over. You can be sure
we'll drop by again just to get a better look.
If you're down that way -- about 100 miles south
of Tallahassee -- The Country Store is located
at 9691 NW County Road 345, Chiefland, Florida.
Their phone is 352-490-7333.
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