2022
AL#145 p.42
Sjaak Elmendorp
▪ Here’s the story of a big guy and his little balalaika. After rashly promising a friend that he would make a balalaika although he knew nothing about the distinctively triangular Russian instrument. We’ve all been there, right? Sjaak went on to explore and build the rare descant member of the family. Mentions balalaika player Jan Van der Hoogt.
2002
AL#71 p.69
Francis Kosheleff
▪ Replacement tuners for 3 string balalaika.
1991
AL#25 p.3 read this article
James Flynn
▪ Flynn reports that improving U.S. relations with Russia are a good thing for balalaika and domra players.
1989
AL#19 p.59 BRB2 p.479
Francis Kosheleff
▪ Got a movable bridge instrument with ladder-style bracing? Want to try a bridge design that might offer an improvement in tone? Kosheleff has an idea you should look at.
1989
AL#19 p.61
Francis Kosheleff
▪ The well known fact that domestic animals abandoned in the forest will revert to their ancestral state, as applied to stringed instruments.
1989
AL#17 p.30 BRB2 p.193
M.A. Kupfer James Flynn John Morgan
▪ A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview.
1989
AL#17 p.34 BRB2 p.180
Alexandre Belevich
▪ Just like it says. Accompanied by a selection of prints.
1989
AL#17 p.37
James Flynn
▪ Perhaps we shouldn’t be amazed by the seemingly large interest in various ethnic instruments and the music they produce. It seems that it’s easier to change countries than it is to change music. This organization publishes a quarterly newsletter, holds conventions, and offers scholarships to young musicians.
1989
AL#17 p.38 BRB2 p.183
James Flynn Yuri Aleksik
▪ Aleksik is a master prima balalaika player from Kiev. Flynn asks him about instruments in this short interview.
1989
AL#17 p.22 BRB2 p.184
A.I. Peresada
▪ Nalimov is to the balalaika as Stradivarius is to the violin. This article is condensed from Peresada’s biography of Namilov. With photos, drawings, and label reproductions.
1989
AL#17 p.28 BRB2 p.178
James Flynn M.A. Kupfer
▪ It turns out that life for a Russian instrument maker isn’t far different than for an American luthier. Long hours, difficult conditions, and small financial rewards. The turf may be different, but the job remains the same.
1989
AL#17 p.29 BRB2 p.190
James Flynn
▪ Plans and instruction for an instrument designed by Kupfer, with 11 photos. The plan is a reduced version of GAL full-scale Plan #25. Kupfer is a famous luthier in Russia.
1986
AL#5 p.6
James Flynn
▪ Flynn sends a picture of six Guild members at the Balalaika and Domra Association of America.
1984
GALQ Vol.12#4 p.36
James Flynn
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1984
DS#284
James Flynn
▪ Essential dimensions for all sizes of the Balalaika, a Russian folk instrument.
1981
GALQ Vol.9#3
Ken Ellis
▪ No longer available.