Kyiv-style bandura

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Kyiv-style or Academic bandura

These banduras are the most commoninstruments in use today in Ukraine. They have 55-65 metal strings tuned chromatically through 5 octaves, with or without retuning mechanisms. Concert banduras are primarily manufactured by the Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory or the Trembita Musical Instrument Factory in Lviv. Rarer instruments exist from the Melnytso-Podilsk and Kiev workshops.