double bass

Local name: basy (basses)
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: Waszak Marcin
Date: 1920
Village / Town: Dębiałki (near Pruszków)
Region: Mazovia
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/49
Description: back plate and ribs carved from one piece of wood; top plate nailed to the ribs; both plates convex; narrow pegbox; three strings; instrument modeled on a professionally made cello
Decoration: cross pattern engraved on the tailpiece
Measurements: 1170 x 385 x 90 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, G – d – a (g – d – a)
Performance practice: a component of folk bands
Catalog card by: Maria Gangi / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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