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Woman with ratchet
Who is this woman, I unfortunately do not know, but I saw and heard how she masterfully masters all Russian folk musical instruments, and also sings folk ditties beautifully :)
In this photo, a Russian folk percussion musical instrument, an idiophone, is a ratchet.
During archaeological excavations in Novgorod in 1992, two planks were found, presumably included in the set of ancient Novgorod ratchets in the 12th century.
In the south-west of Russia (in the Kursk, Tula and Kaluga regions) it was used to accompany wedding, laudatory or dance songs, sometimes in an ensemble with an accordion livenka.
It is a set of 14-20 small (130-150 long, 50-70 mm wide) oak, walnut or maple planks strung on a rope at one end. Between the planks are spacers, sometimes together with 4-8 bells. The ratchet is held by the loops at the ends of the rope and pressed on the extreme bars with sharp or smooth movements.
In the north-west of Russia, another type of ratchet consists of a rectangular frame 200 × 100 mm in size with 1-4 elastic bars fixed on its short side, the length of which is approximately equal to the length of the frame. The frame rotates on the handle, and the elastic strips with their free ends are in contact with the gear part of this handle. The resulting crackle is reminiscent of continuous machine gun fire.
In the Leningrad and Novgorod regions, it has been preserved as a hunting and children's tool.
Woman with ratchet
Who is this woman, I unfortunately do not know, but I saw and heard how she masterfully masters all Russian folk musical instruments, and also sings folk ditties beautifully :)
In this photo, a Russian folk percussion musical instrument, an idiophone, is a ratchet.
During archaeological excavations in Novgorod in 1992, two planks were found, presumably included in the set of ancient Novgorod ratchets in the 12th century.
In the south-west of Russia (in the Kursk, Tula and Kaluga regions) it was used to accompany wedding, laudatory or dance songs, sometimes in an ensemble with an accordion livenka.
It is a set of 14-20 small (130-150 long, 50-70 mm wide) oak, walnut or maple planks strung on a rope at one end. Between the planks are spacers, sometimes together with 4-8 bells. The ratchet is held by the loops at the ends of the rope and pressed on the extreme bars with sharp or smooth movements.
In the north-west of Russia, another type of ratchet consists of a rectangular frame 200 × 100 mm in size with 1-4 elastic bars fixed on its short side, the length of which is approximately equal to the length of the frame. The frame rotates on the handle, and the elastic strips with their free ends are in contact with the gear part of this handle. The resulting crackle is reminiscent of continuous machine gun fire.
In the Leningrad and Novgorod regions, it has been preserved as a hunting and children's tool.