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Fiddel

Unknownend of the 19th c.

Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec

Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec
Szydlowiec, Poland

Fidel, lacquered light brown. The bottom cover is made of two wooden plates with visible grain, decorated at the waist with a rosette inlay made of colored glass. In the center of the rosette there is a large, red glass. Four black pins are embedded in the peg chamber. Tailpiece and fingerboard painted black. Fingerboard at the widest portion (closer to the base) decorated with inlaid mother of pearl. The bridge's feet made of raw wood. On the upper deck there are two symmetrically cut 'f' shaped holes.

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  • Title: Fiddel
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: end of the 19th c.
  • Location Created: Poland
  • Physical Dimensions: h. 590 mm w. 165 - 205 mm t. 40 - 60 mm
  • Type: instrument
  • Medium: wood, metal, pearl
Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec

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