On Sat, December 11, 2010 2:19 pm, Blake Richardson wrote: > I've been watching the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" lately, which is set in > 1920s Prohibition-era Atlantic City, and they've had several scenes set in a > dance hall with a band in a reverse orchestra pit (in a balcony up near the > rafters as opposed to below the stage). One instrument they use is something > I've never seen before and I was wondering if anyone knows what it is: it > looks like and is played like a standard violin but there's a big trumpet-like > brass bell attached to it that extends up over the neck of the instrument. > Seems like some kind of string/brass hybrid thingy.
It's probably a Stroh violin. Quirky history, including used for recording in the pre-electric days. I saw one in Bruges just this spring, where the musician was playing a csárdás on it. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
