Starosvitska bandura

Infobox Instrument
name=Starosvitska Bandura
names=HS#:321.321-5


classification=
*Chordophone
range= c²-g⁵
related=
* Kobza
* Torban
* Husli
* Bandura

Starosvitska or Authentic traditional banduras:

The Starosvitska bandura is also referred to as Classical or old-time bandura. These instruments usually have some 20-23 strings. Thes instruments are usually hand-made, with no two instruments being exactly the same. The backs are usually hewn out of a single piece of wood, and wooden pegs hold the strings which are tuned diatonically. Traditionally these instruments had gut strings, however, at the beginning of the 20th century common performance practice preferred steel strings.