double bass
Excerpt from the film Siła tradycji [The Power of Tradition], produced as part of the project "Muzyczny folklor Podkarpacia - badania terenowe" [The Musical Folklore of Subcarpathia - Field Studies], Franciszek Kotula Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów, 2014
double bass
Local name: basyClassification: 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: during World War II (?)
Village / Town: Przysiętnica
Region: Subcarpathia
Country: Poland
Owner: Franciszek Kotula Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów
Inventory number: MRE 8117
Description: modeled on professional double basses; two-piece back plate; neck and body joint screwed to the back plate with a reinforcing bolt; plates connected with ribs using glue and nails; back plate unglued along its length; noticeable crack near the endpin
Decoration: originally coated with brown paint
Measurements: 1780 x 1060 x 193 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Sound compass, tuning: in 4th, E1 – A1 – D – G
Performance practice: known as "duże basy", the double bass became popular with folk bands as late as the 20th century; it was played in some of the largest folk bands in the Lesser Poland region (Kraków and Rzeszów areas)
Catalog card by: Jolanta Pękacz / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
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