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Balalaika

body: triangular, 5 pieces of light softwood, the middle one concave; belly: pine; soundhole: central and unadorned (13); bridge: moveable, for 3 strings which pass over a zinc endplate to 3 dark-stained pins; fingerboard: stained wood, with 5 bone spots and 16 frets; head: inset in the neck, with 3 crude pegs protruding behind; light yellow varnish; length 615, body 227, width 350, depth 78, neck 238

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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music