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Stroh violin
beginning of the 20th century
Inv.-Nr. 3664
Violin exhibited in The 20th century
from the instrument collection Collection Reka
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Photographer: Janos Stekovics
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A turn-of-the-century newspaper reported that the Stroh violin (named for August Stroh, who patented it in London in 1899) is as loud as four regular violins playing together. The Stroh violin, which has a bell instead of a resonating body, was well suited to the needs of early recording equipment since the instrument's bell could be angled toward the bell of a phonograph. Stroh violins were also heard in dance halls, where they served as popular jazz instruments. A Stroh violin produces sound when the vibrations of the strings are picked up by a lever on the bridge and transferred to an aluminium membrane. The bell then amplifies the sound vibrations.
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