Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen
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Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen (1845 - 1902) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.
Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen learned his trade from his father, Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, and became a fine violin maker. But he gave it up at an early age when he left the area. There are still a number of good Hardanger fiddles left after him.
The great Hardanger fiddle player Halvor Jøren from Bø brought one, named "The Troll", with him to the USA, where it disappeared.
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References
- Bjørn Aksdal: Hardingfela, felemakerne og instrumentets utvikling. Tapir akademisk forlag Trondheim 2009. ISBN 978-82-519-2402-3 (p. 160)
- Bø-Soga, 1 Kultursoga vol. 1 (Bø Local history).
- Bø-Soga, 2 farm- and family history, vol.4» (Bø Local history, farm- and family history).
- Steinar Kyvik: Soga om fela Fonna 1946.
- John Gunnarson Helland: Felemakerslekten Helland (Helland, the fiddlemaker maker family). Private, type written paper.
- Olav Gunnarsson Helland, private letters.
- Åsmund Nyhammer: Hardingfele i fire slektledd. Newspaper article, interwiew in Bergens Arbeiderblad 5. oktober 1963.
- Asbjørn Storesund: Bøherad, hardingfelas Cremona in Leik og Dans 1988 p. 57-71, Halvard Kaasa, editor.
- Morgenbladet, Christiania, thursday July 15. 1852.