Renato - 10-5-2009 at 07:55 AM
Hi folks,
I was the poet`s home, no museum ,a couple years ago and saw these in one of his rooms. I asked the tour guide if I could see the other side. I picked
it up and saw it was quite old. I think it was Syrian, or maybe I dreamed up that part. Anybody know more about it or how he acquired it? The museum
didn`t even know what the instrument was called! there is also another Asian, or Central Asian instrument on the table.
http://www.fundacionneruda.org/imagenes_islanegra.htm
John Erlich - 10-5-2009 at 04:06 PM
No idea how he got ahold of the instrument, but looks like a Turkish ud to my eyes. According to Wikipedia, he did travel in South Asia. Maybe he
also visited the Near East? Maybe it was a gift from a Turkish or Arab comrade?
Jack_Campin - 10-6-2009 at 02:57 AM
The thing beside the ud at the front seems to be a Greek baglamas. The long dark instrument is maybe a shamisen, sanxian or shudraga?