Banduvitarra mvim_dc_co_003 - Museu Virtual de Instrumentos Musicais

BanduvitarraJoão dos Santos Couceiro | MIDC

Further Information

Description

Hybrid instrument consisting of a bandurra body and a guitar neck similar to the Portuguese guitar. It has twelve machine heads, as well as bridge and nut, made of mother-of-pearl. The tuning is the same of a guitar: E2- A2-D3-G3-B3-E4.

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The bandurria is an instrument with strings picked by a plectrum. It has a hybrid form mixing the guitar and the cittern families, found in Spain and in some parts of Latin America. In the 16th century it had a convex body and three strings, the most recent specimens have five or six strings tuned in intervals of fourths.

This item from Museu Instrumental Delgado de Carvalho is a hybrid chordophone that brings together the characteristics of the bandurria, acoustic guitar and electric guitar and was built by renowned luthier João dos Santos Couceiro.

General Data

Classification

321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars

Item Data

Code

mvim_dc_co_003

Date

20th century

Place of Manufacture

Brazil

Manufacturer / Author

João dos Santos Couceiro

Material

wood

Dimensions

L=63cm W=28cm H=6cm

Marks and Inscriptions

Original inscription: plaque made of mother of pearl in front of the machine heads "JB". Original inscription: stamp inside the resonance box “A RABECA DE OURO FORNECEDOR DO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MUZICA”, “MEDALHA DE 2o CLASe 1878”, “EXPOSICOES DO BRAZIL”, “MEDALHA DE PRATA”, “EXPOSICAO DE PARIS 1889”, “PORTUGAL PHILADELPHIA” , “PHILADELPHIA 1876”, “MEDALHA DE PROGRESSO 1876”, “JOAO dos SANTOS COUCEIRO”, “FABRICA RABECAS VIOLONCELLOS CONTRA-BAIXOS VIOLOES VIOLAS E ARCOS & “, “RECEBE DIRECTAMENTE DA EUROPA [?] ARTIGOS”, “Pertence [?] Instrumentos de Musica”, “VENDEM-SE CORDAS PARA TODOS OS INSTRUMENTOS”, “Especialidade nos concertos” , “RUA SAO FRANCISCO DE ASSIS 42 (ANTIGA CARIOCA)”, “RIO DE JANEIRO”.

Origin

Donated by Aristotelina Braga da Silva Marques, Almerinda Braga Pereira Marques, Alcina, Almir and Altamiro Verneck Braga, sons of builder João da Silva Braga.

Location

MIDC/EM/UFRJ 321.3 I16 Shelf 11

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