Trembita Musical Instrument Factory quality of the instruments being manufactured. Currently 4 models are available In 2000 they intend in enlarge their production and including a new Kharkiv bandura with mechanism in its manufacturing plans. A number of experimental diatonic Kharkiv banduras have been made. Prototypes of an electric bandura with internal pickups have been developed and are planned for production. Trembita Musical Instrument Factory The "Trembita" Musical Instrument Factory manufactures stringed instruments. Since 1948 it has manufactured banduras, a Ukrainian instrument; it also produces guitars. The factory is located in Lviv, Ukraine. The Lviv factory of musical instruments known as "Trembita" is primarily
Lujon (musical instrument) Lujon (musical instrument) The lujon ( ) is a bass metallophone consisting of individually-pitched metal plates that are attached to the resonance chambers of a partitioned wooden box. The lujon was invented by William Loughborough. At his Sausalito, California studio, Loughborough created a variety of new percussion instruments, including the boobam and lujon, after working with Harry Partch in the mid-1950s. The lujon is played with soft mallets and produces a sound that is dominated by its fundamental frequency. The instrument is also known as a loo-jon or metal log drum. In a 2009 Web post, Loughborough provided the following