TOO Many Strings!!!

[mountain_man]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230737784476

And ONLY $1,300.00!
Well, I was just lookin'

[strumelia]

Hurry before someone else snaps it up!

[folkfan]

Used to be you could get shot for playing one of those.

[Alanrichie]

Yeah, just lookin'. The one offer has expired. Who'd want to pay $1300 for a wall hanger; I expect the cost of restoring it to a playable condition would be more than the price of a modern instrument?

http://www.bandura.org/

[Nancy C]

Well, it looks a lot better than mine; of course, I only paid $15. http://notesfromaroundthebend.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/in-a-zither/

[KenH]

Nice instrument, but sure and H not $1300 nice!

[Jodiskiya]

Based on what I could read on the label his description seemed very accurate, so I went looking for info to see why he thinks it is worth so much. Based on what I found at the link below, diatonic versions of the bandura from this era were never made in large quantities, and many were destroyed during and after the war. In other words, they are pretty rare and there has been a resurgence of popularity for them recently. So maybe he isn't crazy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv-style_bandura

Jodi