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A Stroh violin, or violinophone, is a violin that amplifies its sound through a metal resonator and metal horns rather than a wooden sound box as on a standard violin. The instrument is named after its German designer, Johannes Matthias Augustus Stroh, who patented it in 1899. Photo of a Stroh Violin from the Smithsonian Institutions HistoryWired website. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... A horn is a tapered sound-guide designed to provide an acoustic impedance match between a sound-producing device and the characteristic impedance of free space. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...
Stroh violins are much louder than a standard wooden violin. This made the Stroh violin particularly useful in the early days of phonographic recording. As regular violins recorded poorly with the old acoustic-mechanical recording method, Stroh violins were common in recording studios. While the Stroh produces significantly more volume, it does this at the expense of tone, offering a sound that is harsher and more grating than a standard violin. The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... Edison cylinder phonograph ca. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ...
David Rebeck, of the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, playing a Stroh violin in New Orleans Mardi Gras parade
After record companies switched to the new electric microphone recording technology in the second half of the 1920s, Stroh violins became less common. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1648 KB) Society of St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1648 KB) Society of St. ... Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny. ... A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
A few musicians, including Tom Waits, Bob Cohen for the Klezmer and múm, continue to use the Stroh violin for its distinctive sound. Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... múm (pronounced moom; in IPA, /mu:m/) is an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional instruments. ...
A violin typically consists of a spruce top, maple ribs and back, two endblocks, a neck, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece.
The violin is usually held under the chin and supported by the left shoulder, often assisted by a shoulder rest.
Violins make up a large part of an orchestra, and are usually divided into two sections, known as the first and second violins.
A violin typically consists of a spruce top, maple ribs and back, a neck, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece.
The violin is usually held under the chin and supported by the left shoulder, often assisted by a shoulder rest.
Violins make up a large part of an orchestra, and are usually divided into two sections, known as the first and second violins.
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