Electric Violin
Victor A. Pfeil American, born Germany
In October 1928, Victor Pfeil applied for a patent on his design for an electric violin. He used a coil pickup that converted the strings’ vibration into an electric signal that was transmitted to a radio speaker. Like the strohviol, his design dispensed with the traditional violin-shaped body. Pfeil never mass-produced his instruments, and few survive.
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