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Gusli

Irregular, trapezoid-shaped body. Soundboard and two of the sides of pine, the two shorter sides of beech. Base of ebonised pine. Hitchplank and bridge both of beech. Thirteen strings, 12 of steel and one overspun, held by steel wrestpins. Plain, circular sound-hole with mid nineteenth century 50-kopeck note stuck inside it. Small motif of ebony and ivory applied to the soundboard.

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  • Repository:National Museums Liverpool
  • Measurements:Length of sides 525mm, 380mm, 290mm, 110mm