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Pandura – ancient Greek instrument with fretboard
975.00 €
This is a replica of a pandura (ancient Greek: πανδοῦρα), an ancient string instrument with a fretboard that was first observed in ancient Greek artwork around the 4th century B.C. It is also known as bandora, or bandore.
LUTHIEROS Pandura has 3 strings, along with a long neck with frets. It is a full-range chromatic scale string instrument, that can produce any note between D3 and G5 (i.e. two and a half octaves). The player holds the pandura horizontally with the neck of the instrument to his left, the left hand’s fingers pressing the strings on the frets, and the right hand plucking the strings or striking them with the “plectrum”.
Pandura is considered to be the direct predecessor of the contemporary instruments in the lute family. What’s more, the frets were possibly separated by movable leather cords so that the instrument would be used to produce the different genera of the ancient Greek music.
Manufactured at the premises of the ancient Europos (Northern Greece) by a family of musicians and luthiers, LUTHIEROS Pandura is made exclusively using natural materials available during antiquity. All parts are made of quality wood with great musicality, while the tuning pegs are made of ebony and mulberry wood.
This ancient artifact evolved to become a modern musical instrument ready to be used by both amateur and professional musicians. For all the minor (but very important) alterations, top-notch technologies were used during the prototyping phase (such as 3d Modeling and rapid prototyping) as part of University-based research by members of the LUTHIEROS family. Key collaborations include the International Hellenic University and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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