This fiddle is being offered for sale by the estate of Art Stamper.

As many of you are aware, Art Stamper was one of the great fiddlers in bluegrass and old time music history.

Art was born on November 1, 1933 in Hindman, Kentucky.  His father was Hiram Stamper; one of the treasures of old time music.  With fiddle music in his blood, Art played the fiddle from the time he was big enough to pick a fiddle up until the day he died on January 23, 2005.  There was never a time that Art set the fiddle aside.  In good times and bad; in happiness and sorrow the fiddle was a comfort to Art; perhaps never more than in his last illness.

Fiddles have the ability to out-live many of their caretakers and this one is no different.  Musicians, as painful as it is, come and go ~ the music doesn't stop.

Art had the ablility to recognize a good sounding instrument when he heard it.  This is one of his best picks.

THE INSTRUMENT

This is a very nice, well made Magginni copy from circa 1890-1910.  It is labeled as a Magginni with an additional label that reads:

Repaired by Herb Clinert

7-23-67

for Art Stamper

We will let the pictures do the talking other than to say that this instrument is in immediately playable condition.  It is of course 4/4 or full size.  It will be shipped in an old case but will be shipped safely.  As to sound: it is a rather deep, dark sounding instrument and far better sounding than other Magginni copies that you may run across.

Also, accompanying this instrument is a notarized statement signed by Kay Stamper regarding the authenticity.

Here is your chance to own a piece of Bluegrass and old-time history.

Please check out our photographs.

Please email if you have any questions.

This is a great instrument, but is being SOLD AS IS, as always.

No payment plan of any type applies to this transaction.

 PAYPAL ONLY !!!!!!!!!!