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Spotting this notice on an earlier walk in the area, we were eager to visit. |
With members of the museum staff. | Drums: diplipito, darra, and a small doli. | Chuniri fiddles, a qanun, and the changi harp. | The development of the chuniri; some examples are like Medieval viols. Eventually, the instrument had skin top. | Sheperd's horns. |
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Two pilili flutes and a gjudastviri bagpipe. |
Gjudastviri bagpipes. |
Soinari panpipes and salmuri flutes. |
Salmuri flutes and photo of goblet of same era. |
Panduri lutes. |
Carved backs of panduri. |
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| Chonguri, larger lutes. Note mid-neck peg, like a 5-string banjo. | Accordions, big and small. | Accordion with flower decoration. |
Besides instruments of Georgia, the museum includes pieces from neighboring Azerbaijan. These are tars, lutes with metallic strings. |
Kamanche spiked fiddles, here lacking their bows. |
An oud and an ornate Turkish saz. |
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| Frame drums are daf. | An old gramophone, part of the record player collection. | A Edison roll player. |
Wind-up players; rare mini disc unit. |
The first of a series of music boxes. |
Roll drum music box.. |
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Disc peg music box. |
Holed disc music box. | Player piano. | Small portable piano. | Ready for moving. | Elaborate roll music box. |
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After the concert, members of both Ensembles and some tour members went to a restaurant for celebratory toasts and singing that lasted into the early morning. I was not among them, being too old for such long hours and carousing. | ||
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Sorbet of frozen finely minced mixed fruit [advertised as ice cream] prepared at the stall before our eyes. |
The Didgori Ensemble in concert. [Entire concert video in DVD collection] | The Yuval Ron Ensemble in concert. [Entire concert video in DVD collection] | |||
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