David Thomson Jr. recalls first picking up a fiddle when he was 10 years old. Thomson, the 77-year-old owner of Thomson’s Septic Tank Service in Warren Grove, Prince Edward Island, is one of the more seasoned fiddle players on the island province. He’s played semiprofessionally at public performances, charitable events, dances and on radio and television programs over the years.
He not only plays like a dream (you’ll get to hear that for yourself below), he makes his own instruments from scratch.
“My grandfather was a fiddler, so it runs in the family,” he says. “I’ve made my own violin,
