Fiddles/Viols

The Framus Frank fiddle was a fretted bowed instrument and was described in the advertisement brochure of 1974 as follows: “A modern bowed instrument, easy to learn, particularly suited for music at home or at school. Karl Frank, the master of violin and fiddle construction, lecturer in fiddle construction courses, the artist in fiddle playing, presents the finished fiddle and the fiddle construction kit, which is the result of decade-long experience, to all fiddle enthusiasts. Anybody can assemble his own 6-string soprano fiddle with the help of the supplied instructions."