Bandurria
1830 - 1860 (Made)
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The bandurría is mostly played in Spain and in Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. It usually has six courses of double strings, and is strummed or plucked with a pick. The bandurría is often strung with metal strings but this example was strung with one course of metal and five of gut, when it ws acquired in 1882. Unlike the other bandurría (Museum No. 227-1882), this example has simple wooden tuning pegs, instead of machine-heads. It belonged to the eminent musicologist, Carl Engel (1818-1882), and was almost certainly lent for display in the Museum in 1874.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Planed and joined walnut back and sides; planed, joined and purfled (bordered) pine soundboard; brass frets |
| Brief description | Bandurria, walnut back and sides, Spanish , 1830-1860. |
| Physical description | "Back and sides of walnut. Pine belly with simple purfling, open soundhole, and a fixed bridge to which the strings are tied. The body has squared shoulders, and is lined with triangular wooden blocks. The neck block has a slipper-shaped extension down the back of the body. The neck is of pine, likewise the wedge-shaped flat head with twelve pegs inserted in the rear, for six double courses of gut strings. The raised fingerboard has thirteen brass frets". Anthony Baines, Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 41. |
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| Object history | This instrument formed part of the collections of Carl Engel (1818-1882) and was bought by the museum for £2 - 10 - 0 (£2.50p) in 1882. |
| Summary | The bandurría is mostly played in Spain and in Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. It usually has six courses of double strings, and is strummed or plucked with a pick. The bandurría is often strung with metal strings but this example was strung with one course of metal and five of gut, when it ws acquired in 1882. Unlike the other bandurría (Museum No. 227-1882), this example has simple wooden tuning pegs, instead of machine-heads. It belonged to the eminent musicologist, Carl Engel (1818-1882), and was almost certainly lent for display in the Museum in 1874. |
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| Accession number | 206-1882 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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