… prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to study violin with his father. By age nine, Offenbach took up study …

… his grandfather. When he was still a child, Edel received a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing … Y.L. Peretz. There Edel played for Peretz and for a famous violinist from Warsaw who was impressed by his playing. Trunk proceeded to buy young Edel a new violin, and he started receiving lessons from the violinist …