What Hardiman the Fiddler does, depending on anticipated conditions:

Take the mandolin

Take the second-quality fiddle (old repairs, no volume, good for quiet campsites)

Take the good fiddle in the suspension case

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What I would do if I had no cheap second-quality one, and this would limit humidity/water concerns-- get one of the new plastic student fiddles. (See Elderly Music.) Might even float!!!

~Susan~