"Amplified Fiddle" photo

[markj]

This image is decidedly post-Civil War, but it's one of the damndest musical instrument photos I've ever seen. We can only wonder if somebody tried something similar with, say, guitars in the "Pre-Rock & Roll Era." From all appearances, the technology for "acoustic amplification" certainly existed by the 1860's.

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Regards,

Mark Jaeger
"If they had'em, they woulda used'em."

[verg]

Re: "Amplified Fiddle" photo

They were often used in early recordings.
Various reproductions of this violin are still available. Some looking more like a violin with a trumpet bell added . . .

[markj]

Re: "Amplified Fiddle" photo

They were often used in early recordings.
Various reproductions of this violin are still available. Some looking more like a violin with a trumpet bell added . . .

Thanks much for the information. By the way, take a look at the winning bid: absolutely unbelievable.

Regards,

Mark Jaeger