6th c. B.C. Archives - Kotsanas Museum https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/classifications/6ος-αι-π-χ-en/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:12:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 The “pandoura” (trichord) https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/exhibits/106077/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:12:07 +0000 http://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/exhibits/106077/ It was a wooden three-stringed instrument with a small soundbox and a long neck with frets to produce different notes from each string (by the fluctuation of its palpitating length). It is the direct predecessor of the contemporary instruments in the lute family. It has survived until today with the name “tambouras”. The frets were […]

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]]> It was a wooden three-stringed instrument with a small soundbox and a long neck with frets to produce different notes from each string (by the fluctuation of its palpitating length). It is the direct predecessor of the contemporary instruments in the lute family. It has survived until today with the name “tambouras”. The frets were possibly divided by movable leather cords so that the instrument would be used to produce the different genera of the ancient Greek music. The player (usually a woman) held the pandoura horizontally with the neck of the instrument to the left, the left-hand fingers pressed the strings on the frets and the right hand plucked the strings or struck them with the “plectrum”.

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]]> The bipod crane with winches for the elevation of mast and load https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/exhibits/106076/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:11:58 +0000 http://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/exhibits/106076/ Its “mast” consisted of two giant pieces of wood in the form of Λ. Its articulation was ensured by two dents in the horizontal mounting base. Its stabilization in various inclinations was achieved by two balancing ropes that were tautened with block and tackles and the rear winch (via removable lever arms). The load was […]

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]]> Its “mast” consisted of two giant pieces of wood in the form of Λ. Its articulation was ensured by two dents in the horizontal mounting base. Its stabilization in various inclinations was achieved by two balancing ropes that were tautened with block and tackles and the rear winch (via removable lever arms). The load was lifted or lowered with the help of two lifting ropes, the “trispaston” pulley and a winch with a horizontal axle, the “reel”, where the rope for lifting the load was wrapped and rotated (around special bearings, “tortoise – like cases” that were fitted on the mast) with the help of fixed radial lever arms. The rear winch was also essential for lifting and lowering the mast itself at the beginning and the end of work. The friction between the ends of the axles of the winches and points on the bases ensured their easy stabilization. The crane was mounted on rollers for its sideward shifting.

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