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Brač
Alternate name:tamburitza
Alternate name:Tamburitza
Maker: Ivan Hlad
Date: 1920
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: none
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
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 “brac”. F. Hlad manufactured the Brac 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
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
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesWalter W. Kohlar, A History of the Tambura, Vol. I, and Vol II. Pittsburgh, 1973 and
1975, repectively.
1975, repectively.
Object number: 00053