Show violin resembles resemble human ear in an effort to improve the tone quality of the violin without detracting from resonance or volume a german musician and inventor has made an instrument bearing a striking resemblance to a human ear which produces sounds of great sweetness and purity this violin described in popular mechanics magazine has virtually been built on edget edge the sounding surfaces therefore do not need to be curved to make room for tho the bow and this apparently has increased the resonance of the instrument |