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    Tourist-grade balalaika made back in the USSR (Russia) with a triangular body, spruce top, sectional body (birch and poplar?), 3 strings, ebonized fingerboard, small round soundhole (neck warped, needs tuners lubricated, fret level, new bridge, would make a nice wallhanger - sold AS-IS)

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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880
  • No SN
  • 1972
  • VG (neck warped, needs tuners lubricated, fret level, new bridge, would make a nice wallhanger - sold AS-IS)
  • Gloss natural finish
  • Triangular body
  • Spruce/beech veneer top, 7-piece poplar? back, birch? end piece 
  • Wood top purfling
  • Small round soundhole, wood rosette
  • Wood neck
  • 16 frets, dot markers, 3-strings, ebonized fingerboard 
  • 3 strings
  • 3-on-plate tuners (need lubrication)
  • Wood bridge 
  • 1-3/16” nut
  • 16-1/4” scale
  • 17" body width, 4-11/16" body depth at endblock
  • Russian language label
  • NO CASE
  • Built in Russia

Russian Balalaika (1972)

AS-IS

SKU: 200U-210215

$125 USD
$125 USD

Tourist-grade balalaika made back in the USSR (Russia) with a triangular body, spruce top, sectional body (birch and poplar?), 3 strings, ebonized fingerboard, small round soundhole (neck warped, needs tuners lubricated, fret level, new bridge, would make a nice wallhanger - sold AS-IS)

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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880
  • No SN
  • 1972
  • VG (neck warped, needs tuners lubricated, fret level, new bridge, would make a nice wallhanger - sold AS-IS)
  • Gloss natural finish
  • Triangular body
  • Spruce/beech veneer top, 7-piece poplar? back, birch? end piece 
  • Wood top purfling
  • Small round soundhole, wood rosette
  • Wood neck
  • 16 frets, dot markers, 3-strings, ebonized fingerboard 
  • 3 strings
  • 3-on-plate tuners (need lubrication)
  • Wood bridge 
  • 1-3/16” nut
  • 16-1/4” scale
  • 17" body width, 4-11/16" body depth at endblock
  • Russian language label
  • NO CASE
  • Built in Russia