XPost: rec.music.classical.recordings, rec.music.makers.bowed-strings   
   From: PeteSchug@att.net   
      
   in article Xns98606E141AA43bugulbugus@216.196.97.142, bogul at   
   bogul@nospambog.net wrote on 10/18/06 10:50 AM:   
      
   > LOL. After reading the other posts, not sure I really want to weigh in on   
   > this with a serious reply.   
   >   
   > Only distinction I've ever heard of (and again there's no such thing as any   
   > offical difference) has to do with the setup and style. A "fiddle" player   
   > might prefer a flatter bridge setup to enable playing double stops or   
   > triple stops which are more common in "fiddle" music than "violin" music.   
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   > B   
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   > "RichD"  wrote in news:1160451963.819418.201720   
   > @k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   >> What's the difference between violin and fiddle?   
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   >> --   
   >> Rich   
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   Leopold, Wolfgang's father said that all bowed string instruments could be   
   called fiddles, but only some fiddles could be called violins.   
      
   I don't remember his exact words, but it was something like that.   
      
   Personally I like the word fiddle. It sounds like sweetheart, and violin   
   sounds formal, like saying Madam. (Or maybe I'm thinking of the toast,   
   "Here's to our wives and sweethears, may they never meet!"   
      
   Oh well. Nobody has spilled beer on my fiddle, but my tuner did get doused   
   once and it was drunk for a day before it settled down and could tune a   
   fiddle again. I didn't mind lending that girl my tuner, but you can be I   
   will never lend her my fiddle.   
      
   Pete   
      
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