Talk:Låtfiol

Rework of this article
This article had several incorrect facts and I tried to correct them while yet saving some of the old text. Låtfiol is a fairly new concept which was believed to be based on older instruments but that has proven to be wrong. Since there has been a wikipedia page for long time it might be better to keep it as it might clear some misconceptions if it is rewritten to describe the concept for what it is, a new (somewhat 40 years) name for an instrument that was believed to be old but originated at the same time as the name was invented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by I99jonma (talk • contribs) 11:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Relationship to Hardingfele
What is this instrument's relationship to the Hardingfele and when was it developed? Badagnani (talk) 17:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I suggest this article is deleted. There are swedish violins with sympathetic strings mainly from the 18th century mostly with 8 sympathetic strings (in some cases 4 or 6 sympathetic strings. There is no official name for these violins but Dubbeldäckare (Double decker) or Dubbelplansfiol is the most commonly used name today due to the fact that the pegs where placed in two rows in a pegbox extended in vertical level rather than horisontal as the pegbox on the hardingfele. Låtfiol is an expression originating from the 1970s and 1980s when folk musicians in Sweden was experimenting with sympathetic strings possibly inspired more by the Norwegian Hardinfele (Norwegian Kåre Leonard Knudsen was the most frequently used builder of these fiddles) than of historical significant discoveries of older swedish violins with sympathetic strings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.68.56.33 (talk) 12:27, 16 October 2023 (UTC)