Strohn.
/strəʊ/ Used attributively to designate stringed instruments (chiefly of the violin class) having an aluminium plate and horn attachment in place of a wooden body, formerly used for recording purposes.
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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 766/1 The recent invention of the Stroh violin.
1923 Ashore & Afloat Aug. (advt.) Zither Banjos, Houson Phonofiddles, Strohviols, One String Fiddles.
1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 257 The old pre-electric horn recording, with its euphoniums instead of 'cellos, and its handful of Stroh violins.
1947 F. W. Gaisberg Music on Record vi. 79 Stringed instruments we recorded by a subterfuge. We substituted the Stroh violin for violins and violas.
1979 Oxf. Jun. Compan. Mus. (ed. 2) 314/1 Stroh violin, a violin that has an aluminium plate and a trumpet bell instead of the normal wooden body. Invented in 1901 by Charles Stroh for use in the early recording studios, where primitive microphones could only pick up sound aimed directly at them (which..the trumpet bell could do). There are also Stroh violas, cellos, mandolins, and guitars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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