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Busking with old school instruments!
....and that contrabass balalaika is not only old school, but hardcore as well.
For about an hour, about 20 years ago, I Swore I was gonna own one of those big, badass balalalikas...
then the feeling went away...
Lol! I love the look of the balalaikas.
However, try fitting that puppy into the overhead bin on an airplane!
Picture trying to schlep one of those on a bus or subway, or even a moderately busy sidewalk. Wow!
A friend of mine used to play one of these in his school folk orchestra. He says at the first rehearsal the BL gave him a giant rubber pick cuz it was the only way to extract any sound from the beast.
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Lol! I love the look of the balalaikas.
However, try fitting that puppy into the overhead bin on an airplane!
That long?????????
Yeah, a little awkward, but probably no more of a pain in the ass than an upright.
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Lol! I love the look of the balalaikas.
However, try fitting that puppy into the overhead bin on an airplane!
Overhead bin!?!?!
Put an engine on it and you could fly it to the gig!!
Looks like the damn Concord.
Overhead bin!?!?!
Put an engine on it and you could fly it to the gig!!
Looks like the damn Concord.
From the ‘Black Death’ to the ‘Balalaika’ – a glimpse at record-breaking Soviet military aircraft
The MiG-21 was a light plane that could swiftly gain height. This feature helped the fighter to evade the F-4’s missiles during the Vietnam War. It was dubbed the “balalaika” - after the Russian traditional musical instrument - due to the resemblance of the plane’s shape to it. MiG-21s are still in service in some countries.
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