Meeting - April 25, 2010
We met at Arthur Conner's house and shop near Floyd, VA.
Art Conner's Place
Legendary fiddle maker, Arthur Conner, and his wife, Ilene, invited us into their home to talk about Art's instrument making and to play some music.
![Ilene and Art](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5377 Ilene and Art 400x319.jpg)
![Woody & Fiddle](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5388 Woody and Arts Fiddle 266x225.jpg)
![Larry and Art](images/Meeting 100425/imga0924 Larry and Art 300x225.jpg)
Art's Instruments
Below are photos of some of Art's instruments.
![Ram Head](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5384 Ram Peghead 300x200.jpg)
![Two Fiddles](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5386 Two Fiddles 300x200.jpg)
Art's Workshop
![Workshop](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5398 Art's Shop 275x183.jpg)
![Workshop](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5400 Art's Shop 01 275x183.jpg)
![Workshop](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5398 Art's Shop 02 275x184.jpg)
![Workshop](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5395 Art's Shop 03 275x183.jpg)
Surprise Guest - Mike Mitchell
![Mike Mitchell](Images/Meeting 100425/Mike Mitchell playing 215x143.jpg)
Mike Mitchell, who owns Mitchell Music in downtown Floyd, and his family dropped in for a few minutes. Mitchell Music has some of Chet Dickerson's instruments for sale.
Mike also gave us a mini-concert on one of Art's fiddles.
It was a diverse repertoire - Bach to Bluegrass.
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B.B, Dan, and Bob need Caffeine
![BB](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5378 BB 195x200.jpg)
![Dan and Bob](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5379 Dan and Bob 323x200.jpg)
Howard's OM - Ready for Set-up
![Howard OM](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5391 Howard OM Back 215x257.jpg)
![Howard OM](Images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5392 Howard and OM Front 215x257.jpg)
East Indian Rosewood, bloodwood back center strip and bindings, and Red Spruce top.
Built for his daughter.
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Larry's Dreadnought
![Image: Woody w/Dread](images/Meeting 100425/IMG_5387 Woody w-Dread 300x209.jpg)
Here Woody tries out Larry's recently completed dreadnought.
D-28 shape, 3 piece redwood top, 3 piece cherry back, cherry sides and fretboard, mahogany neck with walnut and maple accents on the heel, maple rosette, walnut head plate.
Woody thinks the guitar was built upside down. He fails to realize that it was made to be played in Southeast Asia.