For those of you...

[Dingo40]

...who thought they'd seen everything:
Another example:
Once you've seen one, they're everywhere!!!

 

[Glug]

But can they balance ?

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[NickC]

There was a guy at my work who collected, what he called, "strange" instruments. He knew that I played stringed instruments, so he brought one of these in for me to try. I expected it to be louder, but it was a fun experience.

 

[Walker]

The guy in the middle video is very talented. He seems to be playing a tiny snare drum with his elbow, whilst operating that Frankenstein instrument. I am surprised he doesn't bow that thing with a flute for good measure.

 

[Ffingers]

I recall being told that these were originally made to enable a sound which the early microphones could sense and record, leading to the term "recording violins."
There was a chap that used to play one in the crowded and noisy Fremantle Markets in Western Australia; the sound seemed to carry quite well over the hubbub.

 

[Ffingers]

One for Walker

 

[Walker]

Thanks buddy, joking aside, he plays well - actually they all do. I prefer the violin to the Strohvoil or Romanian horn violin. However, if it is good for Romanian and other eastern music then I can see the point of it. But when people just use it for novelty factor I don't like that so much. Any music played with sincerity, rather than ego, is good in my book.

 

[Waldo]

I'd put these violins in the "Oddball" classification. Of which, I'm an avid fan!
Nice find, Dingo.