Violin Forum/Message Board

cohmian · Junior Member Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

Hi, i'm new to this forum, so I apologize if I posted this in the wrong area. i was just wondering if anyone has ever seen a violin like this...

Acrylic - one of two made by the same person (the other is identical except its blue)
Acoustic - not electric
made sometime between 1950 and 1960 (to the best of my knowledge)
red with a clear neck - tuners are red
the blue one was featured on the cover of a solo violin artists album back in the late fifties or early sixties. I'm sorry, I don't know the name of the album, or the artist.

im having trouble posting pics from my desktop. Please email and I will send pics to you.

or if someone out there can tell me how to attach pic, I will add in another post.

Thanks.

Shirley · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

Cohmian ~ You certainly know how to start a person on a web search! What an interesting violin you have!

Most of the clues I've found lead to sites that my computer does not trust, although they may be perfectly OK.

On a fiddle board, one poster commented that a man by the name of T. Barrett used to make acrylic violins, which I believe were acoustic, and the other leads did not go anywhere. I'm supposing your have done done all the same research.

There are a lot of acrylic electric violins, which I didn't know, so i have at least learned something from all this. I hope you have, or will, found out more about your interesting violin!

Good luck. Shirley

cohmian · Junior Member Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

Thank you for the look... I will look into the name you mentioned. If you would like to see it, tell me how to post pics and I will post them for you Very Happy

Thanks
Don

Shirley · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject:

Don - I hope someone here tells you how to load the photos - I'd love to see the violin. (I'm not any help with this!)

I'm glad you returned to this thread to let us know that you are still on the trail. A good picture would be helpful to those who might know.

Good luck! Shirley

cohmian · Junior Member Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

I wish someone could help me with that too. I still have not found any info on the violin. Hopefully someone out there has some info for me somewhere. I'll just keep trying to research until I can find out more...

Leucippus · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject:

Here are the photos of cohmian's violin

Shirley · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:58 am Post subject:

Leu - thanks so much for posting Cohmian's pictures! Maybe these will spark some recollections among viewers. Even if not, what an interesting fiddle!!

Shirley