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Fiddle collection to be displayed in Canton starting Saturday

Posted 8/22/17

CANTON -- The exhibit “Fiddles from Rick Streeter of The Adirondack Playboys Band,” will open Aug. 26, at the TAUNY Center, 53 Main St., as part of the organization’s Personal Collection …

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Fiddle collection to be displayed in Canton starting Saturday

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CANTON -- The exhibit “Fiddles from Rick Streeter of The Adirondack Playboys Band,” will open Aug. 26, at the TAUNY Center, 53 Main St., as part of the organization’s Personal Collection Series.

This special display will feature fiddles from the collection of Rick Streeter, the fiddler in The Adirondack Playboys Band, one of TAUNY’s 2016 North Country Heritage Award recipients. The exhibit will be on view at The TAUNY Center through Oct. 7.

The Adirondack Playboys (also known as the Streeter Family Band) are a multi-generational square dance band based around Lewis County, particularly Beaver Falls and Croghan.

Rick Streeter is an experienced fiddler and learned to play fiddle from his dad, Ralph, who was the original fiddler in the band. Ralph collected fiddles for many years, buying them in garage sales and antique shops throughout the region.

After Ralph’s passing, Rick inherited the collection of over 60 fiddles and has continued collecting ever since then. He even started making his own fiddles around 1989.

The red and black fiddle that Rick now plays was part of his dad’s original collection, though he stripped and refinished it to his liking.

The fiddles, now numbering over seventy, hang all over the walls of his home.

This exhibit is made possible by the generous support of the Cloudsplitter Foundation.