Baglamas (tzouras)
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Baglamas (tzouras)
BAGLAMAS;
Ioannis Palaiologos
;Fivos Anoyanakis
1955
756 cm x 104 cm x 67 cm (Number of strings: 5, string length: 60.2 mm, headstock dimensions without decorative end: 180 x 25 mm, shell plate dimensions: 29 x 42 mm, neck length: 385 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 25 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 32 mm, sound hole diameter: 35 mm, saddle length without/with its base: 64/66 mm, centre of saddle height: 8 mm, body dimensions: 190 x 104 x 59 mm, body circumference: 174 mm.)
Baglamas, 756 mm in length, with a tortoise shell body that ends in a long neck, with fixed metal frets, 5 metal strings divided into 3 groups (1+2+2) and bone keys. The upper end of the headstock forms a curve and ends in a rectangular plate with geometric shell decoration. The top is decorated with a perforated wooden rosette, which has a small shell disc in the centre. A small piece of bone at the base of the top protects it from the strings, which are held by three bone wedges. The saddle is also made from the same material. The fingerboard is fitted with bone finger placement guides, with various vegetal and geometric designs.