Baseball bat violin? You bet!

Glenn Donnellan, professional violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra, recently made his own electric violin…from a baseball bat. Yes, you read that correctly! Here is the video of Glenn playing the Star-Spangled Banner on his batolin:

This is one of those cases where the interests of Full-Time Musicians (FTMs) and Part-Time Musicians (PTMs) overlap. Many PTMs enjoy tinkering with their instruments nearly as much as they do playing them. It’s another creative outlet, one that some find stressful and others find relaxing. Go figure.

While I do enjoy tinkering a bit myself, for major tasks and/or adjustments, we take our instruments to the professionals at our local instrument shop. Or the sporting goods store, depending upon who is working that day.