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Topic: Stroh Hawaiian Guitar .... |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Jul 2009 3:02 am |
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.... from the Montreal Guitar Show (link from the Fretboard Journal's Twitter page)
http://twitpic.com/9b6bu
Don't you need one of these? |
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Jul 2009 7:44 am
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Here's a better look at luthier Jerome Casanova's reproduction Stroh guitar ...
http://tinyurl.com/ku4ofy |
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Steven Davidson
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2009 8:03 am
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| Wow man! I gotta hear this thing any one know of a sound sample? |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2009 12:10 pm
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| I want it! |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Orville Johnson
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2009 11:20 pm
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I got to play one of these for the EMP (Experience Music Project Seattle) music museum's guitar gallery collection of rare guitars. You can hear my sound sample if you visit the museum. Interesting artifact. Pretty weird sounding tho.
As you can see, it has a horn coming off the bridge that directs the sound. These were made for pre-electrical recording when everyone pointed into a horn that collected the sound to inscribe to disc.There were violins made with this construction too.
The one I played had a small horn coming back towards me as a sort of monitor, as well as the large horn. It had no resonance, having no real body chamber, just the megaphonic sound coming off the bridge to the dual horns. I enjoyed getting to play it but don't see any need to have one. |
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Geoff Cline
From:
Southwest France
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 5:08 pm
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| I own a Stroh violin and a 1 String (played cello style). The violin is very cool and gets a great sound. Tom Waits uses them on a few of his albums. |
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Jim Konrad
From:
The Great Black Swamp USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 8:04 pm
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Is "Stroviols" the same??
There are some cool pictures at NOTECANNONS....
http://www.notecannons.com/
Scroll down on the left side and click on
Stroviols
Also be sure to turn your sound up!  |
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Geoff Cline
From:
Southwest France
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 6:34 am
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Yep. Same thing. I do really like the look of the guitar...can't tell what playing it would be like though!  |
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