People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1894 — An Aluminum Fiddle. [ARTICLE]

An Aluminum Fiddle.

An aluminum violin invented and patented by a Cincinnati musician is highly spoken of both by players and critics. It is made of the same shape as the ordinary violin, but looks, of course, like silver, and is exceedingly light. Many advantages over wooden violins are claimed for it. One was used in a concert in Indianapolis a few days ago, and a newspaper critic comments that, while it seemed to lack in vibratory power it had peculiar qualities, which added greatly to the brilliancy of tone.