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: Rafalski Jan
Date: 1925
Village / Town: Jagodne
Region: Lesser Poland (Świętokrzyskie)
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/22
Description: modeled on the cello, back plate almost flat, constructed from two pieces
Measurements: 1140 x 510 x 85 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Inscriptions: J. Rafalski / Jagodne / rok 1925
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, C – G – d – a
Performance practice: a common component of folk bands
Catalog card by: Maria Żurowska-Gangi / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
Design (PDF)


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