The quadruple flute - četvorka
Franjo Gereci
Stubički Laz, the second decade of the 20th century
wood (maple)
cutting, drilling, carving, ignition

 

length = 29,3 cm
width of the upper side = 7,5 cm
width of the lower side = 8,5 cm
distance from the side to the bottom of the instrument = 25,8 cm
distance from the side to the first finger-hole = 10,7 cm
distance between the finger-holes = 1,3 - 1,6 cm

 

Soundtrack: Lana Moslavac playing the described instrument from the museum collection

 

Et 3842
The Collection of Musical Instruments

Description

The quadruple flute (četvorka, četverojka), a four-pipe labial flute, crafted from one block of maple wood. The instrument in fact consists of one double flute slušnkinja and another double flute.

Audio recordings

sekundarna/fonoteka/2017/az-17_svirala_-_cetvorka/3842.mp3

Note

The instrument was made in the Gereci family, famous for their flute making in the first two decades of the 20th century. They were from the area of Stubički and Bistrički Laz. They crafted both single flutes and double flutes. Although the instrument is crafted from one block of wood the four pipes are never played at the same time - the player plays the sluškinja flute and the double flute separately.