złóbcoki (fiddle)
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: Unknown
Date: 1878
Village / Town: Witów
Region: Carpathian area (Podhale)
Country: Poland
Owner: Musical Instrument Museum, department of the National Museum in Poznań
Inventory number: MNP I 196
Measurements: 580 x 115 x 72 mm
Materials: wood, metal, catgut
Inscriptions: 1878
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, g – d' – a' – e''
Performance practice: an instrument with la imited sound power, used in the Podhale region before the violin became popular there; nowadays used in the folk revival
Catalog card by: Janusz Jaskulski / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
Sabała Melody; Jan Stoch (b. 1931, Ząb), złóbcoki; rec. Ząb 1976; Sources of Polish Folk Music
<< Back