I ran across an instrument called a stroh violin. it is like a violin with no resonating body. Instead it had a resonator and a horn attached to the bridge. A good site with photos is
http://www.notecannons.com/index.html look under STROVIOLS on the left around 4/5 the way down. Here are a couple of pics from the page.



The second pic shows very well how the resonator is attached to the bridge. This is more of a Stroh-guitar then a violin.

I wish I could hear this setup on a CBG, or a diddley bow!!

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http://www.digitalviolin.com/StrohViolin1.html..      after reading this i found that in the diaphram there was a very thin piece of wood used as the sound producer in the resonator. The thin wood acted as the membrane which when vibrated from the bridge produced the sound. The trick here is what wood to use , it would have to be something very strong when sanded down to a very thin thickness to allow it to move back and fourth. Which probably worked like string-bridge- box lid to produce a sound. I know for myself i racked my brain tryin to come up with an idea for the resonator diaphram, i know it can be done thinkin the way we take on a build. Best of luck



Randy S. Bretz said:

http://www.digitalviolin.com/StrohViolin1.html..      after reading this i found that in the diaphram there was a very thin piece of wood used as the sound producer in the resonator. The thin wood acted as the membrane which when vibrated from the bridge produced the sound. The trick here is what wood to use , it would have to be something very strong when sanded down to a very thin thickness to allow it to move back and fourth. Which probably worked like string-bridge- box lid to produce a sound. I know for myself i racked my brain tryin to come up with an idea for the resonator diaphram, i know it can be done thinkin the way we take on a build. Best of luck......................i just membered that i have some paint can lid reso cones that Wade made for me. Now if i can fit two of those together and figure out what to use for the membrane I`ll be set for the resonator diaphram.....and it continues....lol. 

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