THE FIDDLE THAT PLAYS ITSELF
SONATA by Cesar Franck was played the other day in Paris on a wonderful mechanical violin. This violin has been made by two French engineers, who have been working for ten years on its development. It has a number of keys which press the strings like the left-hand fingers of a player, and a revolving bow which can not only touch any string, but can allow of different degrees of pressure. It is driven by two motors, one of which takes the place of the player’s arm, the other imparting the swift movements of the wrist. The mechanical fiddle plays with an uncannily luman touch,
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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 15
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110THE FIDDLE THAT PLAYS ITSELF Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 15
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