Meet the UK's only maker of a rare ancient Swedish harp fiddle
MEET the UK's only dedicated maker of a rare ancient Swedish harp fiddle - who handcrafts each one from nearly 100 intricate wooden pieces. Ian McMaster, 67, can't even play the unusual looking nyckelharpa, but learned to make them 13 years ago after his partner heard one at a music festival. Each one is made in a workshop at the bottom of his back garden using 80 tiny hand-cut wooden pieces, fitted together in a precise millimetre by millimetre way to make the perfect sound. A single instrument takes at least 280 hours and seven or eight months to make, and he sells them for up to £...