Duchesne Record | 1912-04-19 | Page 7 | Self-Playing Violin

I Self D Pla ing Vi lin I W i u I tP t i i F I W WI f I k t i 1 This apparatus Is the latest Invention of a German musician who wor worked ed edon on the problem for more than seven years and finally succeeded In construct constructIng ing one machine which Is a combination of a violin and a piano Our picture shows the upper part which consists of three violins upside down and with the cords pointed ou outward ward They are touched by a round bow Only one c cord rd is made to sound at a time and one has the tho impression that a violin expert ex ex- pert perot is playing on It Ii The nation of these two Instruments Is put in operation by electricity By reg regul regulating the pneumatic pressure the different notes are produced and the mechanism l is s led by a perforated roll as In use by the player The machine is e dri by y a small motor The apparatus apparatus apparatus atus can be used in five different ways The pi can I be played alone the violins s can be played alone Io or with Ith p piano ano po ri 1 p can be played automatically with wit electric power or both Instruments can be played together W