Here’s another great cigar box fiddle (violin, mini cello…) story! Private Jack Tender of Passaic NJ made his own ragtime violin while in Base Hospital 120 before the armistice and as a result, found himself doing big time on the A.E.F. circuit (aka DoughBoys) after the war was over.
Here’s the entire article for you to enjoy!
source: Middletown Times Press, September 3, 1919
