Kit

Kit, dancing master's fiddle, ascribed to Matthias Hummel of Augsburg. The baton-shaped body is carved from a single piece of wood. The fingerboard is of tortoiseshell, edged with a black and white border. The table is of reddish brown wood and is pierced by two C-shaped soundholes. Black wooden tailpiece. The finial is ivory and carved into the shape of a cherub's head. There are four strings tuned from wooden pegs.