My maternal grandfather was a guy callled James McKeever. Fiddle player extrodinaire.... in the 1890's He brought Boston back to Ireland at.br> Now, he died in 1942: I never knew the man. But he left his violin to his eldest daughter, my mother. And I still have it. I play it, although I'm not a fiddle player, but this machine was made, wait for it.... in 1720. Russian violin maker (probably obscure) called Isconjatsov. (That's what's written on the inside). But 1720 it is.

Love to all

B.