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Last week my group was playing at an assisted living home. A guy from the group playing next asked if he could show me something. He opened his case and had an aluminum violin. He told me Alcoa made 400 of them for the navy in World War 2. I never knew they existed, he had number 40 something. You never know what may see when a group of violinists get together!
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Here is a link to one being played. Different songs bits, not just one song.
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I found a little more info on the aluminum violin. The corpus was hydroformed in two sections (top and bottom) and welded at the mid point of the rib. The neck was stiffened with a wooden insert. Rubber grommets were used to lessen wear on tuning pegs. A wood appearing appliqué was applied over the aluminum.
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Interesting... at least it looks like a violin.
What are the f-holes for? Do they do anything? (kidding, sorta)
There are many bizarre designs out there.
Such as this... my only question is... why?
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It looks like one of those Klingon weapons they had on The Big Bang Theory.
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Ah, yes, the Batleth violin. I saw this on the web a while ago and it reminded me of the Klingon Batleth, too.
I don’t see how this could be played. I think some of these things are just created to be seen and used as props.
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