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Jack Hall- Matchstick Fiddle--Matchstick Fiddle Back
Jack Hall- Matchstick Fiddle,Bow & Chinrest--Created 1936
77th ANNIVERSARY MATCHSTICK VIOLIN & BOW! CREATED BY JACK HALL AT SEA IN 1936
CASTANETS 1974: MATCHSTICKS GLUED TOGETHER ONE AT A TIME TO MAKE A FLAT LAYER OF BOARD - LAYERS BUILT ONE AFTER ANOTHER ON TOP OF THE FIRST LAYER TO FORM A BLOCK - EACH LAYER BONDED CROSSWISE ONTO EACH OTHER TO GIVE THE BLOCK EXTRA STRENGTH AND STABILITY.
CRAMPED FOR SPACE JACK WORKED IN THE MESS ROOM AND WHEN SHIPMATES NEEDED THE SMALL TABLE TO EAT ON -- HE MOVED TO THE SHIP’S GALLEY AND SQUEEZED HIMSELF IN BETWEEN THE POTS AND PANS
AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM NOT ENCOUNTERED BY TRADITIONAL LUTHIERS WERE STORMY SEAS TOSSING JACK (FOREGROUND), THE ‘EASTWICK’ AND THE MATCHSTICKS ABOUT
LORD YEHUDI MENUHIN & THE MATCHSTICK VIOLIN + BOW
Photo taken at Lord Menuhin's London home in 1996 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the 18,000 used matchsticks violin & bow
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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NIGEL KENNEDY, "THE MOST UNUSUAL VIOLIN I'VE EVER PLAYED. IT'S A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT."
JACK NEVER KNEW IF HIS VIOLIN COULD BE PLAYED UNTIL 55 YEARS AFTER HE MADE IT -- IN 1991 TWO YEARS BEFORE HE DIED AGED 86 IT WAS PERFORMED WITH ON BBC TELEVISION BY THE MATCH QUINTET WHO PERFORMED "JAMBALAYA."
JACK'S ANGLO AMERICAN OIL CO LTD LONG SERVICE (1925-1940) GOLD STAR WITH DIAMOND INLAY -- A.A.O.C. LTD WERE A SUBSIDIARY OF STANDARD OIL OF NEW JERSEY WHO IN 1972 NAME-CHANGED TO EXXON
IN 1940 JACK CREATED A TENOR BANJO HIS FIFTH AND LAST MATCHSTICK INSTRUMENT ON BOARD THE 'EASTWICK' – SOON AFTER HE ANSWERED THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND SIGNED ON TO DEEP SEA RESCUE TUGS FOR WW2
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