The Trading Post is a service available to HFAA members who wish to post information for buying or selling items related to Hardanger fiddle music and culture. New listings will also be published in our quarterly membership journal, the Sound Post. Anyone is encouraged to place a directly contact in response to the information below - you do not need to be a member to reply!

To post listings, send a short paragraph by e-mail with details of each specific item, including price and seller/buyer contact information. To join the HFAA, visit our membership page.

Current Listings:

Fiddle for Sale: Vanlig (regular) fiddle, reddish, made in 1955 by Ernst Heinrich Roth. My personal fiddle for years. Superb condition, just checked and adjusted by a German master luthier. Timbre and dynamics excellent for folk and Irish music. $1800. Contact Don Shute by e-mail.

Hardanger Fiddle for Sale: Telemark fiddler Hauk Buen offers a Hardanger fiddle he has made. Contact seller by e-mail.

Hardanger Fiddle for Sale: Brand new Hardanger fiddle, made by Charles McCalip, luthier in Bemidji, MN, who has branched out from making quality violins into making Hardanger fiddles. The instrument looks and sounds beautiful. $3300, including case, bow, and violin. Contact Darren Olson by phone (218-444-8967) or by e-mail.

Harpeleik Wanted: Looking for a chorded zither with strings grouped into 7 chords and no melody strings, as played in Norway or Sweden. The strings are wound counterclockwise on pegs, not clockwise like U.S.-made zithers. I want a later model in good condition, made in Europe. Contact buyer by e-mail or call 303-986-0769.

Music CD Wanted: “Danselæté frå Valdres” (Heilo HCD 7105). Seeking an original of this CD that includes the booklet and tray card. Contact buyer by e-mail.

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