Stroh Hawaiian Guitar ....

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Jul 2009 3:02 am

.... from the Montreal Guitar Show (link from the Fretboard Journal's Twitter page)

http://twitpic.com/9b6bu

Don't you need one of these?

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 5 Jul 2009 6:33 am

Not being familiar with this, I googled and got a better idea:

http://www.springersmusic.co.uk/Library/Stroviols.htm

The Uke:

The Larch:

...maybe not..

Don't you need one of these?

hell yeah!

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Jul 2009 7:44 am

Here's a better look at luthier Jerome Casanova's reproduction Stroh guitar ...

http://tinyurl.com/ku4ofy

Steven Davidson · Post by **Steven Davidson** » 5 Jul 2009 8:03 am

Wow man! I gotta hear this thing any one know of a sound sample?

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 5 Jul 2009 12:10 pm

I want it!

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Jul 2009 4:57 pm

Seems like it should emit a circa 1905 tune instead of these greasy blues licks but here's a sound sample ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141tH7U1JI4

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 5 Jul 2009 9:17 pm

Very cool instrument, has an interesting tone with a little banjo sounding plink in the mix.

Orville Johnson · Post by **Orville Johnson** » 5 Jul 2009 11:20 pm

I got to play one of these for the EMP (Experience Music Project Seattle) music museum's guitar gallery collection of rare guitars. You can hear my sound sample if you visit the museum. Interesting artifact. Pretty weird sounding tho.

As you can see, it has a horn coming off the bridge that directs the sound. These were made for pre-electrical recording when everyone pointed into a horn that collected the sound to inscribe to disc.There were violins made with this construction too.

The one I played had a small horn coming back towards me as a sort of monitor, as well as the large horn. It had no resonance, having no real body chamber, just the megaphonic sound coming off the bridge to the dual horns. I enjoyed getting to play it but don't see any need to have one.

Geoff Cline · Post by **Geoff Cline** » 10 Jul 2009 5:08 pm

I own a Stroh violin and a 1 String (played cello style). The violin is very cool and gets a great sound. Tom Waits uses them on a few of his albums.

Jim Konrad · Post by **Jim Konrad** » 10 Jul 2009 8:04 pm

Is "Stroviols" the same??

There are some cool pictures at NOTECANNONS....

http://www.notecannons.com/

Scroll down on the left side and click on

Stroviols

Also be sure to turn your sound up!

Geoff Cline · Post by **Geoff Cline** » 11 Jul 2009 6:34 am

Yep. Same thing. I do really like the look of the guitar...can't tell what playing it would be like though!