Portrait of fiddler and fiddle maker Dave Bing in his workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.001.6.21.17
Title:
Portrait of fiddler and fiddle maker Dave Bing in his workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Description:
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.
Subject:
woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, and Bing, Dave, 1955-
Rights:
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
Format:
image/tiff
Source:
A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection