Instruments... - see and hear the tradition: The 2nd Radziwiłł chamber

Aerophones are presented in this hall: monophonic sierszeńki and polyphonic Wielkopolska bagpipes, biały kozioł (or weselny kozioł) and czarny kozioł (or ślubny kozioł) and Żywiec bagpipes, Silesian gajda and Podhale bagpipes. The exhibition of these instruments is enriched by an original painting by Panateon Szyndler (1846-1905) entitled “Kobziarz” (Eng. The Bagpiper) from 1879 (owned by the National Museum in Cracow), shown at the First Polish Musical Exhibition in Warsaw in 1888.

The next part of the exhibition presents idiophones (instruments that produce sounds without the use of strings or membranes) of various types and sizes, made of wood, metal and leather, grouped according to the method of producing sound. Another important and interesting element of the exhibition are smaller size and various forms of aerophones, such as pipes, whistles, ocarinas, shepherd’s horn or double reedpipe. The non-free aerophones, which can be seen at the exhibition, also include folk signaling and shepherding instruments, found in Podlasie, Kurpie, Mazovia, Pomerania, the Beskids and Podhale: wooden folk horns, such as ligawas and bazunas, trombitas, shepherd’s horns.