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  • noun A Stroh violin

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Examples

  • Mr. Giordano appears onscreen leading a band playing violin, a 1904 "phonofiddle" with a megaphone attached — one of the few instruments he doesn 't actually play.

    Sound of an Will Friedwald 2010

  • Andy Stein played the phonofiddle -- a cross between a violin and a phonograph horn -- evoking the sounds of a bygone era.

    Princeton University Top Stories 2008

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