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  • Alex Franke
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2007
    • 2641
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    • Ryobi BT3100
    #1

    Scrap wood violin :)

    I was working on another rocking horse in the shop today and my son kept picking up a horse leg and pretending it was a violin. I didn't want the leg to get damaged, but I also wanted him to be able to "play" violin so I banged out this little toy.

    He loves it -- even took it to bed with him! So I thought I'd share it.

    (He gets the hair from me.)




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    • poolhound
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      • Mar 2006
      • 3196
      • Phoenix, AZ
      • BT3100
      #2
      What fun and by the looks of the nylorn cord used for "strings" it doesnt make any noise - lucky you.
      Jon

      Phoenix AZ - It's a dry heat
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        • shoottx
          Veteran Member
          • May 2008
          • 1240
          • Plano, Texas
          • BT3000
          #3
          Very Cool

          We could be looking at the next Itzhak Perlman.
          Often in error - Never in doubt

          Mike

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            • Pappy
              The Full Monte
              • Dec 2002
              • 10490
              • San Marcos, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 (x2)
              #4
              Neat idea. Now if it would stay that easy to make him happy for, say, the next 16 years...
              Don, aka Pappy,

              Wise men talk because they have something to say,
              Fools because they have to say something.
              Plato

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                • herb fellows
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                  • Apr 2007
                  • 1867
                  • New York City
                  • bt3100
                  #5
                  He gets the hair from me?? Is that to say he has it now, you no longer do?:-)
                  You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.

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                    • bthere
                      Established Member
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 462
                      • Alpharetta, GA
                      #6
                      That is a musician's haircut. They pay more attention to their craft. Very cool toy, by the way.

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                        • BobSch
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                          • Aug 2004
                          • 4385
                          • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
                          • BT3100
                          #7
                          Cool violin. Time to get him into a Suzuki class?
                          Bob

                          Bad decisions make good stories.

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                            • leehljp
                              The Full Monte
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 8777
                              • Tunica, MS
                              • BT3000/3100
                              #8
                              Nice looking "violin"! But better than our compliments is his happiness that shows in his face! You did well!
                              Hank Lee

                              Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                                • lrogers
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                                  • Dec 2002
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                                  • Mobile, AL. USA.
                                  • BT3000
                                  #9
                                  Looks like you made the little guy VERY happy!
                                  Larry R. Rogers
                                  The Samurai Wood Butcher
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                                    • crokett
                                      The Full Monte
                                      • Jan 2003
                                      • 10627
                                      • Mebane, NC, USA.
                                      • Ryobi BT3000
                                      #10
                                      That is very clever Alex and it looks like you have a very happy son there. Are you ever going to get him the real thing? As far as Itzhak Perlman goes, start him as soon as you can. I read a study once that the magic age for having a virtuoso is 12. Kids need to start playing before then.
                                      David

                                      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                                        • Alex Franke
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                                          • Feb 2007
                                          • 2641
                                          • Chapel Hill, NC
                                          • Ryobi BT3100
                                          #11
                                          Thanks everyone -- yeah he's pretty happy with it.

                                          We'll see if his interest persists... we want to pick some instrument for him but right now he seems to be interested in all the expensive ones
                                          online at http://www.theFrankes.com
                                          while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
                                          "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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                                            • atgcpaul
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                                              • Aug 2003
                                              • 4055
                                              • Maryland
                                              • Grizzly 1023SLX
                                              #12
                                              Awesome! That picture of your son is priceless!

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                                                • mikel
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                                                  • Jul 2006
                                                  • 202
                                                  • philadelphia
                                                  • bt 3100
                                                  #13
                                                  Cool... love the violin.

                                                  my kids play here and my 12 year old has been playing since he was 5.

                                                  ...mikel

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                                                    • RAFlorida
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                                                      • Apr 2008
                                                      • 1179
                                                      • Green Swamp in Central Florida. Gator property!
                                                      • Ryobi BT3000
                                                      #14
                                                      That's great pictures of your son with the violin.

                                                      Priceless. Hope he may some day start playing a real violin for you all.

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                                                        • Wood_workur
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                                                          • Aug 2005
                                                          • 1914
                                                          • Ohio
                                                          • Ryobi bt3100-1
                                                          #15
                                                          Thats pretty good, but I bet you made the mistake of gluing the bridge down.

                                                          The best part is it doesn't make any noise.
                                                          Alex

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