KYLKUBYZ Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G10D1/00 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: kylkubyz comprises a body which consists of a flat lower deck, vaulted upper deck, connected on the perimetre through the shell, ending in the bottom of the body with a clets with a ledge-leg. Also on the body there is a neck having a length of at least 1/2 of body length, where the neck with frets plates is stuck, and a pegbox turning into the spire is located. At that on the top deck curly resonance holes are made. And the lower deck is designed as a flat polyhedron in the form of "Eight", symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the instrument, made in concert with the neck and a straight pegbox. Arched upper deck is made in the form of two hemispherical staves coming down to the shell and paired with each other along the longitudinal axis of the body. At the same time the stand for strings is set in the narrowed body "waist". The curly resonance holes are made in the area if a stand for strings, symmetrically about the longitudinal axis of the instrument, but fret markings on the neck is marked with contrast dye with respect to the colour of the neck.

EFFECT: invention provides a more reliable design of the tool, simplifies the technology of its production and provides the convenience of playing tunes, while retaining the classic design of the instrument.

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