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Violin: These two unusually shaped violins were made and patented by Albert Grosjean, ca. 1920. The violin on the left, with an augmented tone chamber, was played by accomplished violinists and rated, “not satisfactory.” The star violin on the right, which they found “interesting,” has strings that vibrate sympathetically with the bow’s strings. What other stringed instruments are shaped like a violin and why?
