Gunnison Valley News | 1919-08-01 | Page 3 | Freak Fiddles

Freak Fiddles. The story of freak fiddles would fill a book. They have been made of tin, copper, iron, leather, glass and paper. They have assumed many wonderful shapes. Last year, in Los Angeles, a blind fiddler used to play on the corner with a fiddle that had no body. A tin horn did the work of the ordinary sound box of the violin. This was the invention of a local man. A certain corporation making phonograph records in the east uses an aluminum violin. This instrument is scientifically constructed and used by one of the greatest, artists in making mak-ing records of his solos for reproduction reproduc-tion on talking machines. Even the highest priced old violins do not sound as one expects a violin to sound when It Is reproduced on a record. This aluminum violin corrects that and the listeners sit entranced at the sweet tones of the record. The violin, itself,' has a most disagreeable tone. Los Angeles Times.