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World’s Only Eight String Violin Made by Nels Peterson
Nels Peterson, 67, of High Lake, Emmet County, may own the only eight string violin in the world. Handcrafted from maple back and spruce top with cedar case, the instrument reflects Peterson’s lifelong hobby of violin making, wood carving, and Indian relic collecting. He has built about ten such violins, most kept locally, with tone praised as equal to commercial violins. Peterson, a former blacksmith, suffers rheumatism and arthritis, limiting his craft but keeping his unique craft alive alongside his lake shore homestead relics and family history.
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Ralph Darrow
Estherville Daily News
News
Peterson
Nels Peterson
High Lake
Maynard Peterson
Emmet County
Iowa
Lake Shore
Gold World
Moline
Ilinois
Graettinger
Wallingford
Pioneer
Minnesota
Peter N. Peterson
Peter Peterson
Peter Petersons
Wisconsin
Peter
Forest City
Rochelle
Prairie State
Petersons
George Mooneye
Mooneye
England
Norway
Emmet
Swan Lake