Miguel posted for Sylvie Spengler: > We are performing Villa Lobos Uirapuru on September 29th and it has > a little solo for that instrument (the violinophone). Ideally, I > would like to find a way to rent or purchase an instrument. I know > very little about this issue, so I need your help! Please let me > know what I can do to find out about this! Thank you very much. They might check with: Lark In The Morning PO Box 799, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 USA (707) 964-5569, Fax (707) 964-1979 Their web-site <http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/BowedInstEurope> shows two Stroh horned violins, each even has a sample MP3 sound file. Incidentally, there is an excellent recording of Uirapuru (Stokowski, Stadium Symph. Orch. of New York) on Everest 9023. GeneH