Treble bandurria , anonymous, Spain, circa 1920.
Pearshape body edged with blackwood stringing.
Two piece table of spruce of narrow grain opening towards the flanks.
Table and soundhole edged with stringing of ebony and maple.
Ebony bridge.
Fingerboard in wood stained in black, seventeen brass frets.
Ribs and one piece back of sycamore.
Neck and head in black lacquered wood, brass machine head, bone buttons.
Deep orange varnish.
Total length : 589 mm
Length of the table : 266 mm
Width of the table : 266 mm
The bandurria has become a fundamental instrument of the folklore of certain regions of Spain and appears frequently in the lyric Spanish repertoire , the zarzuela. It was also used for the Dominican merengue.
