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Kementses; lira; fiddle

Kémentzès or líra, fiddle. The long slender body of this Pontic lyre (Pontiaki lyra) tapers slightly towards the neck and head, the whole carved from a single piece of wood. The sides pierced by four holes.The table of open grain pine pieced with four small holes and two long serpentine sound holes.The fingerboard is pinned to the neck, the lower end is shaped and pierced. The pegbox has three knuckle-bone-shaped pegs set into the front surface. Wire strings are threaded through small holes in the head above the red glass nut. The tailpiece is stirrup-shaped and attached to the end of the instrument by copper wire which passes through the end of the body. Inscribed on the back: 'Kalaidopoulos Spyros / Sinikismos 151 / Xilina Parapigmata No.2 / Salonica Greece'. Made in Thessaloniki. The bow stick is curved at the distal end, and is strung with black horse hair.

  • Measurements: overall: 540 x 80 x 58 mm