I'd like to share some pics I made of the process of making a skeleton marionette with a violin, from technical drawing to birth. The puppet is carved in brazilian cedar wood and the violin is a miniature bought in a music store.

     

Wow! The spirit of Paganini! I love the idea. And the work to carve all that from wood!

Very impressive!  Nice work!

Wonderful!!

Just marvelous!

Looks great! Love the detail, really nice work.

Thanks all!
Now Im stringing it under a Roser type of control. I think this control is more confortable to handle, but now Im having some problems of stringing and manipulating the violin and the bow. Let's see what we'll can do to solve them. Any suggestions?

For the violin itself you can run a string from the bottom of it up through a screw eye or hole in the neck area where you want it to rest then up to the control. Pulling back on the elbow strings and then up on this string should place the violin in the correct spot. Put a ring on the end of the string and someplace on the control a hook for the ring to use in order to keep the violin in place.

The only method I've seen work well for the bow hand is a rod coming out of the hand then up to the control. Kind of a variation on how a Sicilian rod marionette works for the head. Do not attach the rod solid to the control but put a string from the top of the rod to the control to keep in check but long enough so that you can move the bow hand up to the violin to bow. 

I love the shoes, and such a cute violin! Reminds me of a 7 inch violin I made once for a violinist friend, for a going away present... made her cry.

I did somethink like Shawn said for the violion with an adaptation, a control with two points. In one point, string passes through the srew eye on the neck and runs to the back of the violin and the other is attached to the head of the violin lifting the left hand. For the bow, I used strings. I understand what Shawn said about rod and Im and positive it can achieve easily and better moves. It's just because i love strings. So I created a four points control attached to elbow, back of hands and at bow's tips.
I hope the pics can tell more than I.
I just think it needs maybe a hook on the violin's arm to hold the bow's hair aligned (up and down moves) when playing the instrument.
At the end, I like it! Good moves, but need little practice to get them convincingly.
thanks all!