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Nov 22, 1887 Bø i Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway Died on 11 Jun 1969 (aged 81)
Norwegian fiddle maker
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About Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen
- Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen (22 November 1887 – 11 June 1969) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway. Before he died, Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen told his 15-year-old son Knut Knutsson to keep the tradition alive.
- Knut made his first Hardanger fiddle at age 15 and was paid approximately $1.50.
- 61 years later, in 1963, he was paid about $200.
- It took him about one month to complete one violin, and he produced about 800–900 fiddles during his life. He worked every weekday from 7 a.m.
- until the late evening.
- There was no romanticism about this work.
- It was hard and tedious labour to keep a living.
