Re: A Klez Kanada photo

[Jeremy Bloom <jeremyb...>]

Hi I am Jeremy the kid in that photo. The weird violin is actually mine. It
is called a Stroh violin or a phonofiddle.

It was developed in 1901 by some Austrian guy for early recording because
normal violins didn't project\ weren't loud enough for the mics to pick up.

Somehow they also ended up in Transylvania (Romania) were they are played
and made. I got mine from a store called lark in the morning in Seattle. It
is the Romanian model not the Austrian\German one


For audio clip  and better picture of the instrument go to
www.jeremyb.com/music


Thx for the pic roger
\
Jeremy

Www.jeremyb.com


On 9/8/03 10:59 AM, "Sam Weiss" <SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net> wrote:

> At 10:26 AM 9/8/03, r l reid wrote:
>> http://www.rreid.net/tsimbl/PeteNJeremy.jpg
> 
> What the heck is that instrument that Pete's playing, a strumpet?
> 
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