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A Vielle (medieval Violin)
(feddit.de)
Spruce top, the body and neck are carved from a single block of maple. More photos:
Love it. I have never progressed much past the level of "pat the child on the head" with my woodworking, but one of my very first projects was a cigar box guitar and I remain a sucker for others' luthiery projects.
Also seeing a pretty clear linguistic link between "vielle" and "fiddle." I wonder if the "rough" sound you describe would be at home with various European and North American folk traditions.
In german it's Fidel (like Castro). And I've been told it's distinct from "Fiedel" (long I like "feeling"), which describes a cheap but modern violin.
Pretty much. Tbh. it was the soundtrack of witcher 3 that got me into folk and early music and making my own instruments.
One step further would be to make an instrument with horsehair as strings, like tagelharpa or кобыз (kobyz)