...charming observations, John. I never imagined chin rests could be such a complicated issue! But it sure is uncomfortable. The metal bars that hold it on look like they twist off and they have a little hole in them where I thought an Allen wrench like I use on my autoharp fine tuners.

It does have fine tuners which I am quite familiar with having them installed on my autoharps but those slippery pegs are a b***h. I appreciate all the advice, folks. I find it quite embarrassing to go into a music store to ask about stuff I don't know much about...

so I guess the bow should be at a ninety degree angle to the fiddle, correct? I discovered that playing more loudly helped to reproduce the sound that so many fiddlers make but I get more double string
squeaks!

The high sound close to my ear makes me shiver with pleasure!!! The frequencies of the fiddle strings to me are wonderful! Is that weird?