The violin with trumpet or Stroh violin is a specific instrument from Bihor-Romania, even if it was invented by the Englishman Augustus Stroh. It can be said that the violin with trumpet represents the Bihor County, the biggest horn-violin singers of the "Valea Crisului Repede " are Cabuta Gheorghe a.k.a "Stangaciu" and Mitica Negrean, this guys work at professional orchestra "Crisana" from Oradea, and
This is the first one, "Stangaciu" and his son Claudiu:
This is the second one , Mitica Negrean and his son Dastian
It's still uncertain if the violin with trumpet used by folks music bands in Bihor county is the same as the one created by John Matthias Augustus Stroh. If you look closer there are important differences. The violin with trumpet in Bihor County, has a pointy "trumpet" more than those created by Stroh.
The violin with trumpet from Bihor
The violin of Stroh
The difference is obvious even for someone who see it for the first time.
The last craftsman which make this violin has been Dorel Codoban, who built the violin with two horns.
It is likely that the violin with trumpet may have been used in Transylvania before 1900.In the Central and Western Europe, the violin with trumpet was not successful, because it wasn't used to the classical music track.
