CYMBOLE
72-stringed
(eighteen 4-string choirs)
Unknown master.
Latvia, 1930s–1950s
833/990×330×84
Wood, metal
1962, gifted by S. M. Krasnoperov
Stock number: 16516/2123
The instrument is equipped with one nonperforated support. The sound board is barred with two plates, the back is barred with one plate. The sound board is molded with spruce along the perimeter. There is a grooved profile on the surfaces of the side bars. The sound board, the back, the side bars and the supports are tinted burgundy, the middle of the sound board is tinted maroon in imitation of rosewood, the molding is tinted green. There is a string of five-pointed stars on the perimeter of the sound board