7 June 2007
Antwerp
The male busker here is playing a stroh violin with a trumpet bell coming out of it. The violin has no resonating wooden body, just the trumpet. I'm too lazy to look this up right now, but I recall that the invention of this kind of violin was related to early recording technology. This violin is pretty loud, but is directional and packs small. Timbrally, it sounds like a cross between a violin and a brass instrument. There were actually multiple buskers around playing this kind of violin.
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/07/carl-strohs-amazing-violin.html

Date		6/7/2007 12:18:52 PM
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