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["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

25. Dave Bing's fiddle making tools

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.008.6.21.17
Title:
Dave Bing's fiddle making tools
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

26. Templates for Fiddle Making in Dave Bing's Workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.009.6.21.17
Title:
Templates for Fiddle Making in Dave Bing's Workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, Woodworking tools, Bing, Dave, 1955-
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

27. Fiddle repair in progress by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.010.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle repair in progress by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

28. Signature inside the first fiddle made by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.011.6.21.17
Title:
Signature inside the first fiddle made by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-07-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Augusta Heritage Center, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

29. Fiddle repair on Dave Bing's first fiddle

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.012.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle repair on Dave Bing's first fiddle
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

30. Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDaveIntTranscript6.21.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing
Date:
2017-96-21
Creator:
Bing, Dave, 1955-
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Hammons (Family : W. Va.), woodworking, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Augusta Heritage Center, Fiddling, Musical instruments
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%

31. Detail of pioneer door in Jim Costa's collection, Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Photo.098.6.6.16
Title:
Detail of pioneer door in Jim Costa's collection, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Collectors and collecting, woodworking, Antique collecting for men
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)
["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%

32. Pioneer door (with Jim Costa), Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.CostaJim.Photo.099.6.6.16
Title:
Pioneer door (with Jim Costa), Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Antique collecting for men, Collectors and collecting, woodworking
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)

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33. Oral history of Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.AudioInt.9.25.17
Title:
Oral history of Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Fought, Ray
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Parkersburg (W. Va.), woodworking, Fiddling, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Byrd, Robert C.
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]%

34. Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.IntTranscript.9.25.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Fought, Ray
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, woodworking, Byrd, Robert C., Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]%

35. Ray Fought among fiddles he made

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.001.9.25.17
Title:
Ray Fought among fiddles he made
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, Bowed stringed instruments, Parkersburg (W. Va.), Fiddling, woodworking
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]%

36. Fiddles made by Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.002.9.25.17
Title:
Fiddles made by Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments, woodworking, Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)