Brač
Alternate name(s)
- Tamburitza
- tamburitza
Maker
Ivan Hlad
Date1920
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignedLabel in soundhole: […] TAMBURA / IVAN HLAD / 1920 […] / CHICAGO […]A later label: REMODELED BY / HLAD BALKAN MUSIC CO. / PUBLISHER’S / SLAVKO A.V. HLAD / ARRANGER / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Markingsnone
DescriptionWithin the Tamburitza orchestra the present size and form represents the “brač”. F. Hlad manufactured the Brač at least as late as 1920.
According to the stringing of M. Farkaš’s instruction book (1888) with 2 double strings and the tone ‘d’ for all 4 strings.
Carved maple back and sides
two piece top of spruce with single ladder brace
One-piece maple neck and peghead
Nickel-silver machine head cover
2 steel strings
17 metal frets for all strings
5 further frets for the higher tuned double string
4 mother-of-pearl position dots
DimensionsOverall Length: 903 mm without hooks for the strings
Body length outside: 366 mm
Body length inside: 329 mm
Width: 244 mm
Depth: 122 mm
Bridge (upper end): 118 mm
Rib: 143 mm
Soundhole center from below: 201 mm
Vibrating melody string length: 636 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesWalter W. Kohlar, A History of the Tambura, Vol. I, and Vol II. Pittsburgh, 1973 and
1975, repectively.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00053
On View
Not on view
1920-1930 ca.
