The late-renaissance style violin was built in Basel by Richard Earle in 2004, following several years of scholarly research. The form of the instrument is based on several pictures, the main inspirations being a painting from aorund 1590 by Cornelis van Haarlem and the discant violin in Michael Praetorius’ Syntagmum Musicum (1620).

The inner construction is based on several surviving instruments from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is played on the arm (rather than on the shoulder) as can be seen in many images from the time.

This instrument can be heard on recordings by Ensemble Braccio, as well as on the CD Forgotten Virtuosi.

Talbott's baroque violin is an original early 18th century Bohemian violin restored to baroque condition by Mark Norfleet of Ann Arbor.

The instrument is played on the shoulder, though with no shoulder or chin-rest, and with no need to hold the instrument with the chin, as that is one of the ways the violin was played until quite late in the 18th century.

This violin can be heard on recordings by Il Concerto Barocco, among others, and in a recording that is part of the dance exhibition at the Vleeshuis museum in Antwerp.

The 4-string medieval fiddle was inspired by pictures by Hans Memling, and made in 1992 by Lyn Elder of California.

The pear-shaped 3-string rebec was made in 1998 also by Lyn Elder.