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: Unknown
Date: 20th c.
Village / Town: Rawa Mazowiecka
Region: Mazovia
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/108
Description: flat back plate and convex top plate; f-holes without crosswise cuts; three strings
Decoration: back plate, ribs, neck and endpin painted in brown; back of the pegbox embellished with engraved cross motives
Measurements: 1320 x 415 x 133 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, G – d – a (g – d – a)
Performance practice: a common component of folk bands
Catalog card by: Maria Gangi / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
Design (PDF)


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