Old Vintage Antique COBZA , KOBOZ ROMANIAN LUTE small OUD

Traditional stringed instrument - Hungarian lute. Used in Hungarian, Moldavian and Romanian folk music.

It's a great quality Romanian Cobza (the Oud's little brother). Made from spruce and maple, with 9 strings Koboz is very old and has been in my family for over 60 years . It is necessary to replace strings which are in poor condition. It has minor scratches but for it's age is in very good condition. Look at pictures!
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Cobza

The cobza (also cobsa, kobuza, kobuz, coboz or koboz) is a multi-stringed instrument of the lute family of folk origin popular in ,  and folk music.

It is distinct from the Ukrainian , an instrument of a different construction and origin.

Modern cobza

The Romanian cobza is metal-strung (although nylon-strung models exist, mostly in Hungary), and has a very short neck without , with a bent-back . The back is ribbed. It is usually double or triple strung, and often has a characteristic flat end clasp.

The cobza is played with a  in elaborate and florid melodic passagework, and has a pick-guard similar to that of an . Its strings are widely spaced at the bridge to facilitate this technique. It has a soft tone, most often tuned to D-A-D-G (although tuning depends per style, region and player).

The origins of the Romanian cobza are thought to be a local adaptation of the Persian  or Turkish , probably brought to the area by itinerant musicians in the 15th century (a Romani musician is called , literally lute-player). A cobza player specifically is called a .

The Romanian-Hungarian cobza was also played by Ukrainian musicians in various music ensembles in the  region in the mid war periods, being replaced totally by the  and 4 stringed  when this area became incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR.

The name of the instrument comes from the Turkic "".

Dimensions COBZA :

Total length: ~85,5 cm / ~33,7 in
Width: 29 cm /~ 11.5 in
Body height: ~47 cm / ~18.5 in
String length: 61,5 cm / 24.2 in

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