THE HURDY GURDY – A FORGOTTEN INSTRUMENT? THE CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE OF RECONSTRUCTING AND MANUFACTURING INSTRUMENTS IN THE LUTHIER WORKSHOP OF STANISŁAW NOGAJ Cover Image

LIRA KORBOWA – INSTRUMENT ZAPOMNIANY? WSPÓŁCZESNA PRAKTYKA REKONSTRUKCJI I BUDOWANIA INSTRUMENTÓW W PRACOWNI LUTNICZEJ STANISŁAWA NOGAJA
THE HURDY GURDY – A FORGOTTEN INSTRUMENT? THE CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE OF RECONSTRUCTING AND MANUFACTURING INSTRUMENTS IN THE LUTHIER WORKSHOP OF STANISŁAW NOGAJ

Author(s): Tomasz Rokosz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: hurdy-gurdy; beggars’ hurdy-gurdy; reconstruction of musical instrument; innovations; Stanisław Nogaj; Stanisław Wyżykowski;

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the issue of the contemporary manufacture of the hurdy gurdy. The author focuses on instruments built by Stanisław Nogaj from Stara Wieś, a pupil of Stanisław Wyżykowski from Haczów. For a detailed description and analysis, a specimen built in 2004 was chosen – a model of a lyre guitar which is itself a copy of a traditional (beggars’) hurdy-gurdy in the collection of the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków. The material basis for this research was mainly field interviews conducted by the author in Stanisław Nogaj’s workshop in 2021, and photographic documentation. The construction, the innovations applied, and the general idea of creating the instrument are described in detail.

  • Issue Year: 69/2021
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 153-168
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish