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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    If I were playing harp I would wear trews.

    Kilts really weren't designed for sitting.
    I tend to agree very much with this.

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    Here's an 18th century seated musician in trews. I'd go with this.



    To be picky, I have to say that Gow is actually wearing breeks and tartan hose in the above image. He is shown wearing this combination elsewhere as well. It is quite noticeable when you see that the breeks/breeches are cut on the straight and the hose are on the bias. Historically speaking, this is an awesome combination. A chap I know that plays fiddle/violin has recently made a set like this from some tartan he got from Peter MacDonald and they look sharp as heck.

    For a set of trews worn like this a bit later in the period...



    Last summer I made a pair of trews and love them... http://frenchinwisconsin.com/2016/08...century-trews/
    (edited to note that if OCRichard follows the link, he will be happy to see no catalin on the pipes I am playing. Unfortunately, they were a borrowed set. Some day in the future, I will have a set appropriate to 1790s).
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    Quote Originally Posted by IsaacW View Post
    Gow is actually wearing breeks and tartan hose in the above image. He is shown wearing this combination elsewhere as well. It is quite noticeable when you see that the breeks/breeches are cut on the straight and the hose are on the bias. Historically speaking, this is an awesome combination. A chap I know that plays fiddle/violin has recently made a set like this from some tartan he got from Peter MacDonald and they look sharp as heck.
    Yes of course you are correct. I'd love to see a photo of this fiddler wearing that combination!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I'd love to see a photo of this fiddler wearing that combination!
    Ask and you shall receive...



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    [QUOTE=IsaacW;1343219]Ask and you shall receive...



    Fantastic. This is the reconstruction of MacDonald of Kingsburgh I did but have never seen it made up. As I understand it, the fiddler is Yr of Kingsburgh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    Fantastic. This is the reconstruction of MacDonald of Kingsburgh I did but have never seen it made up. As I understand it, the fiddler is Yr of Kingsburgh.
    The lad's name is Timothy MacDonald. I do not really know him well other than as an acquaintance via the internet and mutual reenacting friends.
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    Thanks! A wonderful outfit.

    Did such a fiddle and bow exist in the 18th century?

    I can't remember, it can be Googled I'm sure, when the long bow came in, and when all the old violins had their fingerboards re-done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Thanks! A wonderful outfit.

    Did such a fiddle and bow exist in the 18th century?

    I can't remember, it can be Googled I'm sure, when the long bow came in, and when all the old violins had their fingerboards re-done.

    That bow came in some time in the last half of the century. The earlier Baroque bow was quite different though. I do not recall the dates as I am not a fiddle player, but I do like music and am a history nerd. Here is a nice period image highlighting the change...

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