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Cell phone picture thread
- Thread starter Eric Perry
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It was overcast and lightly drizzling, so I took a stroll through one of Shreveport's larger cemeteries today.
Jimbob Jones said:
sneha1965 said:
To answer your questions, gentlemen: this is a Stroh violin, also known as a horn-violin, phonofiddle, or violinophone. It was invented by Johannes Stroh in 1899. In those days, recording was done by having the whole orchestra play into the "horn" of the phonograph, from which the recording was pressed to a record immediately. Brass, saxophones and other horns can "aim" their sound into the phonograph, so they would be hearable. The violin cannot do that, so mr. Stroh removed the body of the violin, leaving only the strings, put a membrane under the strings (a very early form of a piëzo pickup, you could say) and installed the horn. It was used only on records until about 1925, when the microphone technique was introduced and you could record a regular violin more easily.
This particular Stroh violin is also known as the Japanese Stroh violin, having only one string. Contrary to the regular stroh violin (and regular violin), this has to be played sitting down, holding the violin upright. On the pic here (Link Removed) you can see an example of that. Mine is broken (the horn is loose and there's a crack in the "headstock"), so I'm gonna have it fixed soon. It's true vintage, it was built in the 1920's
It was overcast and lightly drizzling, so I took a stroll through one of Shreveport's larger cemeteries today.
What's with that creepy little red riding hood figure in the background?
What's with that creepy little red riding hood figure in the background?
Upon closer observation, one can clearly make out that it is the dreaded Zombie Gnome. Known to meander about the graves in search of unsuspecting victims.
I was wondering why some of the graves were sunk-in like they didn't have enough dirt in 'em....
BluesyCat said:
Reminds me of the Johnson Wax Building (Frank Lloyd Wright).
http://i.imgur.com/YvEcM.jpg
Thanks! It actually looks pretty decent on a computer screen. The cylinder head dept was prepping their work area for assembly and the valves looked like a photo op - so I walked over and snapped the pic.
