10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONOFIDDLE»
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phonofiddle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
phonofiddle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
... wooden bodies or with sophisticated diaphragmatic sound boxes coupled to
amplifying horns of aluminum or brass, copied from the Strohviol and
Phonofiddle (especially loud “violins” adapted for use in early phonograph
recording studios).
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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 ...
... or the small horn attached to the Stroh violin or phonofiddle. In early recording
studios, a large fixed horn was likewise used to amplify the voice sufficiently to be
recordable. Although obsolete by the 1930s, the megaphone survived into that ...
John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing,
2003
3
Kings Cross: A Biography
His act was playing a homemade phonofiddle, a singlestringed violin with a
saxophone-like funnel held between his knees. The sound, according to the
writer Delia Falconer, was like a horrifying whine, 'somewhere between a
theremin and a ...
Noah Wulfe (left), who has sold and repaired classical guitars for 40 years, is
holding a phonofiddle, whose amplification system clearly predates electronics.
Stuart Caplin holds a Rocking Melodian, an 1841 creation of Abraham Prescott.
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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: ...
... amplified their voices using such a horn, with the narrow end held close to their
mouth. The principle was similar to that of the exponential horn on some pre-
electric gramophones, or the small hom attached to the Stroh violin or
phonofiddle.
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
PHONOFIDDLE TUToa; with exercises and scales and a selection of airs, Written
, adapted and arr. by L. E. Ho©wson, for the phonofiddle. [21887 Sept. 1, 1910; 2
c. Au . 22, 1910; E 238694; L. E. How'son,g London, England. PIANo LnssoNs ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office,
1910
However when the system was applied to the Japanese fiddle the instrument had
a new lease of life as the 'Phonofiddle' and many varieties of this were made.
Stroh had the Home, Concert and Professional model while Howson made one ...
8
Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967
... had just found a phonofiddle, so he decided that he was going to have a
violinist in the band. So my timing was right. I went out to Vince's and auditioned. I
brought my saxophone and told him that I could double on that. He wasn't that ...
9
Entertainers in British films: a century of showbiz in the ...
... (Mancunian) f PERCY PRYDE (phonofiddle) 1 928 Percy Pryde and his
Phonofiddle (Phonofilm) "William Tell" RENE PUGNET AND CLIVE
RICHARDSON (pianists) 1938 Pathetone 448 "Dizzy Fingers" JIMMY PURSEY (
singer) 1980 Rude ...
10
The Buskers: A History of Street Entertainment
The gentleman in Plate 14 has a certain dowdy sobriety as he sits there in his
maroon bow-tie, playing his phonofiddle. He prefers to be known as the One-
Stringed Fiddler, and has a long history of musical activity. He first played cornet
in a ...
David Cohen, Ben Greenwood,
1981
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONOFIDDLE»
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phonofiddle is used in the context of the following news items.
Noting the importance of music in the Great War
It is known that pianos and gramophones found muddy homes in the trenches themselves, and the exhibition also includes a phonofiddle, an ... «The Age, May 15»
Black Prairie's long, rolling fields of sound
At Iota Club & Cafe Friday night, singer-violinist Annalisa Tornfelt sometimes played a phonofiddle — basically, a violin with a horn growing out ... «Washington Post, Nov 12»
Album Review: Bat For Lashes – 'The Haunted Man'
... a range of instruments in her compositions; Vocals, Piano, Harmonium, Autoharp, Vibraphone, Marxophone, Phonofiddle, to name but a few. «Impact Magazine, Oct 12»
Cold Specks Emerges
... that play fast and loose with convention, incorporating horns and strings and an assortment of unusual instruments like the phonofiddle. «Exclaim!, May 12»
Vince Giordano Talks "Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 — Music from …
It's called a phonofiddle or stroh violin. Is Scorsese particularly musical as a director? He's very keen on getting the right music from the period ... «Artistdirect.com, Sep 11»
The bird man and Mrs Gluck
He entertained tourists by the fountain with a homemade phonofiddle – a single-stringed violin with a saxophone-like funnel. A photograph from the Sydney ... «The Monthly, Mar 11»
Sound of an 'Empire'
Mr. Giordano appears onscreen leading a band playing violin, a 1904 "phonofiddle" with a megaphone attached—one of the few instruments ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 10»
Jazz Age comes alive for teachers in James Madison Seminars
Andy Stein played the phonofiddle -- a cross between a violin and a ... playing everything from the "phonofiddle" -- a curious cross between a ... «Princeton University, Aug 08»