Russian balalaika made by hand using old technologies. Extra string as a gift

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Russian balalaika made by hand using old technologies. Made in a small family factory in St. Petersburg. The factory was created on the basis of the old Russian factory for the production of musical instruments founded in 1818. Masters carefully store the old traditions of production of balalaika.
The best-selling model of our entire range. This is the best choice of quality musical instrument for a small price.
Case: beech, glossy varnish
Upper deck: resonant fir (array).
Griffin: beech, black.
Cover and stand: beech. 24 frets.
Shell: ABS plastic.
Pins mechanics: metal, on one bar.
Additional strings as a gift
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Factory history:
From 1818 until May 1918 - the Piano Factory "K. M. Schroeder (German S. M. Schröder) (Founder Lebedev Petr Nikolaevich)
May 1918 - The first state piano factory.
September 20, 1922 - The first state piano factory named after A. Lunacharsky.
1926 - Factory of folk musical (plucked) instruments. Lunacharsky.
From May 20, 1993 to 2005 - Open Joint-Stock Company for the production of folk musical instrument Harp instruments.
In 2005 the factory went bankrupt. On the basis of the production of a master of making Russian musical instruments, the Doff factory was created.
Today, the Doff factory continues the tradition of producing Russian musical instruments and is one of the best factories in Russia
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The first mention in written documents of this symbol of Russian folk music, the balalaika, dates back to the beginning of the 17th century. It acquired its modern look at the end of the 18th century, when the composer and organizer of the first orchestra of Russian folk instruments, V.V. Andreev. The family of balalaikas consists of eight instruments, of which the tenor and descript are obsolete and are no longer used, and piccolo is extremely rare. The composition of the modern orchestra includes: balalaika prima, second, alto, bass and double bass. Regardless of the pitch of the sound, all types of balalaikas are very similar to each other, and outwardly differ only in size. The triangular, slightly curved body of the instrument is made from maple or beech glued together rivet boards, the number of which varies from six to eight. For the manufacture of a flat top deck take wood resonant spruce, fir, cedar. The neck is relatively short, with mortise frets, the length of the scale varies from 435mm for the balalaika to the prima to 1180 for the balalaika for the double bass. The traditional instrument has three strings, but at least four-string balalaikas are also found, as well as six-string (three pairs of double strings) models. The strings are used both metallic and from synthetic materials: carbon, nylon. On the balalaika, the prima is most often played with fingers, a mediator is usually used to play large instruments.
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