Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Unique New Violin. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Unique New Violin.

The Stroh violin made its first appearance at a special concert given at the Prince’s Restaurant, London, by J. E. Muddock, who has furnished the following description of the violin’s construction. The vibrations of the strings are conducted by means of >an ordinary violin bridge, which rests upon a rocking lever to the diaphragm and resonaitor. The lever supporting the bridge oscillates laterally upon the body of the instrument, the end being attached to a diaphragm of aluminum by a Small connecting link. The diaphragm is held in position between two India rubber cushions by paeans of a specially designed holder flXed upon the body of the violin by tVro brackets. Attached.to this holder is the trumpet or resonator. The body or main support of the instrument is is no way employed for -sound purposes; it simply holds the various parts of the violin together and sustains the enormous pressure of the strings when tuned. The disk or diaphragm which represents the belly of an ordinary violin is perfectly free to vibrate, the result being that when the strings are set in motion by the bow, the bridge and rocking-lever vibrate

accordingly, and thus every vibration is transmitted to the diaphragm. The diaphragm sets in motion the air contained in the resonator, the resonator augmenting and distributing the tame to the surrounding atmosphere.