Five-stringed Violin.—A pearshaped violin with five strings, one more than the usual violins have, has been made by a musical instruments firm in West Germany. The fifth string is not bowed like the others. It is a so-called oscillating C-string which, the makers claim, makes the sound of the other strings more melodious.—(Reuter)
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28260, 24 April 1957, Page 9
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53Untitled Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28260, 24 April 1957, Page 9
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