Strings Wheatstone violin

[Targa]

Does anyone know anything about a Wheatstone violin?
A friend brought one from France and took it to a restorer to make it playable including, appropriately, a new bridge.
He said it seemed to be quite a good model maybe up to100 years old, but they can't find anything out about it.

 

[Filton]

Wheatstone was a well known maker of concertinas - C Wheatstone & Co. Haven't ever heard of a Wheatstone violin though.. might be worth asking the question over here

www.fiddleforum.com - lots of very knowledgeable people there on all things violin

 

[old git]

Wheatstone claimed to be the inventor of the concertina but which system. Like Filton never knew he made anything else except the Wheatstone Bridge but maybe that is the joke?

 

[Chris]

Hmmm!!!, didn't know you where into electronics OG..

 

[Koen88]

a wheatstone also invented a bridge.. probably not the same one..

 

[Tenor Viol]

Hmmm!!!, didn't know you where into electronics OG..

That takes me back to A Level physics practicals...(gulp.... that's now a third of a century ago:crying:

 

[Chris]

That takes me back to A Level physics practicals...(gulp.... that's now a third of a century ago:crying:

Don't worry it's a nice club to be in..))))