double-skin drum with a cymbal

photo: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw


The Band from Masłów; rec. Andrzej Bieńkowski. Kazimierz 1987; Music Lost & Found
Classification: 2 Membranophones / 21 Struck drums / 211 Drums struck directly / 211.2 Tubular drums / 211.21 Cylindrical drums / 211.212 Double-skin cylindrical drums / 211.212.1 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums / 211.212.12 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, both heads played / 211.212.12 + 111.142 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, both heads played + cymbals
Maker: Zadara Stefan
Date: 1900-1972
Village / Town: Kostrzeszyn
Region: Lesser Poland (Świętokrzyskie)
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/116
Description: skins pulled over a tubular wooden body, stretched using hoops with hooks and screws; metal rod on a spring attached perpendicularly to the body with a cymbal on top; strap to hang the instrument; drumstick with a head wrapped in leather; metal rod to strike the cymbal
Decoration: body embellished with painted geometrical motives
Measurements: 510 x 180 mm, cymbal’s diameter 242 mm
Materials: wood, leather, metal
Performance practice: a component of folk bands
Catalog card by: MLIM / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
Design (PDF)


The Carter's Oberek; The Band from Marzysz: Wincenty Jamioł (b. 1917), violin, Władysław Klimczak (b. 1938), double bass, Antoni Gabrys (b. 1921), drum with a cymbal; rec. Kazimierz 1988; Sources of Polish Folk Music


double-skin drum with a cymbal; rec. Museum of Sound


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