cre asing ▁influ ences ▁of ▁European ▁and ▁English ▁cultural ▁values ▁and ▁m ores , ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁wire - str ung ▁cl ars ach ▁har p ▁went ▁into ▁a ▁decl ine . ▁The ▁patron age ▁of ▁high ▁prest ige ▁professional ▁her edit ary ▁har pers ▁was ▁largely ▁gone ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 th ▁century , ▁although ▁there ▁are ▁records ▁of ▁har pers ▁such ▁as ▁R ory ▁D all ▁Mor ison ▁who ▁were ▁still ▁being ▁maintained ▁by ▁leading ▁families ▁up ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁ ▁F iddle ▁p ib ro ch ▁ ▁Ce ò l ▁m ór ▁re per toire ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁transferred ▁from ▁the ▁har p ▁to ▁the ▁newly ▁developed ▁Italian ▁viol in ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁as ▁f idd lers ▁began ▁to ▁receive ▁arist ocr atic ▁patron age ▁and ▁supp lement ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁har pers . ▁Ev idence ▁of ▁concurrent ▁patron age ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁not ary ▁report ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁La ird ▁of ▁Grant ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 8 ▁detail ing ▁that ▁his ▁f idd ler ▁John ▁Hay ▁and ▁his ▁har per ▁had ▁injured ▁each ▁other ▁in ▁a ▁fight . ▁The ▁height ened ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁status ▁for ▁f idd lers ▁was ▁cons olid ated ▁by ▁Cl an ▁C umm ings ▁of ▁Fre uch ie ▁who ▁became ▁the ▁her edit ary ▁f idd lers ▁and ▁subsequently ▁also ▁pip ers ▁to ▁the ▁La ird ▁of ▁Grant ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 th