Johann Wilde was an 18th-century German violinist and musical instrument inventor. He is best known for inventing the
nail violin }
The nail violin is a musical instrument which was invented by German violinist Johann Wilde in 1740. The instrument consists of a semicircular wooden Sound board (music), soundboard, approximately by in size, with iron or brass Nail (engineering ...
in 1740. He is also credited with the introduction of the Chinese ''
sheng''
mouth organ
A mouth organ is any free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed.
Though it spans many traditions, it is played universally the same way by the musician placing their lips over a chamber or holes in the instrument, a ...
to the Court of
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia.
References
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External links
"Nail Violin"''Encyclopædia Britannica''
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German violinists
German male violinists
18th-century German inventors
Russian inventors