złóbcoki (fiddle)

Local name: złóbcoki (carved fiddle)
Classification: 3 Chordophones / 32 Composite chordophones / 321 Lutes / 321.3 Handle lutes / 321.32 Necked lutes / 321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars / 321.322-71 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by bowing with a bow
Maker: Kuchta Adam
Date: 1970
Village / Town: Bukowina Tatrzańska
Region: Carpathian area (Podhale)
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/76
Description: back plate, ribs, pegbox, scroll and endpin carved from one piece; spindle-shaped body; four strings; trapezoidal pegs
Measurements: 583 x 94 x 60 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, g – d' – a' – e''
Performance practice: an instrument with a limited sound power, used in the Podhale region before the violin became popular there; nowadays used in the folk revival
Catalog card by: Maria Żurowska / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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