THOMASTIK-INFELD UNTOLD

...MORE SO TRYING TO DEVISE THE IDEAL STRING FOR FRANZ THOMASTIK‘S VIOLIN. BY 1933 OTTO INFELD HAS ALSO INVENTED A FINE TUNING TAILPIECE FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS WHICH IS MARKETED IN THE COMPANY‘S PORTFOLIO. IN 1952, ONE YEAR AF TER HE TAKES OVER THOMASTIK-INFELD AND EIGHT YEARS AF TER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORKSHOPS... ...OTTO INFELD REGISTERS A PIONEERING MUSIC STRING WITH THE AUSTRIAN PATENT OFFICE. IT IS ONE OF A TOTAL OF 20 PATENTS HE FILES. THE PATENT SPECIFICATION NO. 173216 DISCLOSES THE EVOLUTION OF THE STRING‘S STEEL CORE INTO A FLEXIBLE ROPE CORE WHICH IS STILL MADE OF STEEL BUT TWISTED LIKE A ROPE.