Balalaika compact three-string, Festival. Balalaiker. Russia

Description

The festival is a popular model of balalaika with a compact body of the"flat-bottomed"type. This kind of balalaika until recently had the spread of only in environment village musicians and was made exclusively in makeshift options. The main differences of this model consist in compactness of the sizes, ease of the tool and special flat-bottomed type of a body. Thanks to these qualities balalaika is convenient for outdoor activities, travel, as well as the initial development of music and activities with children.
The new Festival was developed in cooperation with the Museum of balalaika (Ulyanovsk) and Samara center of Russian traditional culture (Samara). Thanks to the common efforts managed to bring a wide audience convenient and effective type of balalaika.
The housing type"punt"is made of three stacked studs (birch) and is linked by the historic technology"mating in pen."Ballycarry painstakingly restored this technology, having a beautiful and reliable instrument. Birch neck with birch lining. The scale of the traditional 16-fret size 435 mm. peg line system zaleplena open. Frets are made of special brass. The soundboard is made of Russian resonant spruce. Back spruce. Characteristic wooden necktie on the heel of the neck. Maple filly. Ballycarry Festival features a signature string series BalalaikerSoundTraditional.
Number of strings: 3.
Body: 3 rivets, size of prima 3/4,"punt".
Menzura: 435mm.
Materials: birch.
Upper deck: resonance spruce.
Back: spruce.
Edging: beech.
Neck: oval, birch.
Fingerboard: birch.
Frets: 16, sintoms 2 mm.
Stand: maple.
Peg line mechanics: on the bar, open.
Metal balalaikersoundtraditional strings.
Color: light brown, tinted.
Finish: semi-Matt lacquer, joiner's oil.
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