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    The 2nd Chance Fiddle Shop

    is offering a book that took 45 years to write.

    This book is the resource Alvin S. Fry uses to create his extraordinary fiddle and violin sounds. His instruments have received worldwide acclaim, and now you can use his methods to begin a new career in fiddle repair. This book will demystify the fiddle, providing you with a complete understanding of the instrument and enabling you to transform most any used fiddle into an extraordinary sounding instrument.

     

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    Alvin S. Fry started his carreer in 1980 when his 1959 Martin D18 was stolen. Though it was a serious loss, Alvin turned it into a blessing when he became an instrument maker. Fast forward 45 years and Alvin S. Fry has had the good fortune to have worked with The Emerson String Quartet, the Juilliard School, Jay Unger, Barbra Streisand, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Doc Watson, Vassar Clemmens, and Maggie and Mark O’Connor, to name a few.

     

     

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    Learn Fiddle Repair.

     

    Many violinists can pay $50,000, to $5,000,000 for a violin or fiddle.

    But a thousand times that fortunate group will never be able to pay that kind of money for a fiddle, but know there are better fiddles out there than the one they are playing.

     

    Alvin S. Fry believes his book

    "How to build a violin that sounds like a Stradivarius" will enable any reasonably competent person to acquire the skills to transform their fiddle into an extraordinary instrument and start a fiddle repair business.

    There are millions of fiddles in pawn shops, junk stores and in your neighbors attic and, with this book, many of those "junk" fiddles can become Stradivarius quality sounding violins.

     

    I am selling this book because I am pushing 75 and cannot possibly rebuild them all in the few years I have left.

     

    This book provides a process to completely rebuild a fiddle.

    This approach is because the best fiddles you hear only reach 80% of their acoustic potential. Only by rebuilding them properly can the sound reach its full potential.

     

     

    If you order this book and do not wish to attempt the procedure yourself or have no interest in a career,

    Alvin S. Fry

    is available to do the rebuild for you.

     

    The rebuilding fee is $1500 plus shipping.

     

    Please contact

    Alvin at

     

    Alfrytheviolinguy@gmail.com 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Quotes about Alvin Fry's violins.

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    Joseph F.

    "I've done 2 setups with your book and I will say that the overtones, balance, and playability are amazing and surprising...... I can't believe you are sharing this."

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    Phil Setzer, The Emerson String Quartet Founder

    'Your violins (Alvin Fry's) always have Stradivarius quality sound.

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    Jonathan Yudkin, Nashville session fiddler HOME | Jonathan Yudkin

    When I gave you this instrument to rebuild for me I did not believe it could ever be anything but a campfire fiddle I would use when playing outdoors. I find it hard to believe this is the same violin I gave you 6 weeks ago. It is absolutely amazing.