Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory

This serially made instrument had no mechanism, and the form was based on a design by Opanas Slastion.

Until then, a special bandura workshop existed in Kyiv—initially set up by Hryhory Paliyivetz—and after he was arrested, directed by Tuzychenko.

To capitalize on the availability of experienced bandura makers and better conditions for drying and storing materials, they move to Chernihiv.

Initially, they made around 10 concert banduras a year, and customers had to have special written permission from the Ministry of Culture to buy one.

Oleksy Kilotsky developed a method of placing colored decoration around the side of the bandura.

To earn hard currency, the factory began to manufacture instruments for export.

The Kyiv experimental workshop that moved to Chernihiv also made orchestral banduras and chromatic tsymbaly, also designed by Ivan Skliar with the help of Oleksander Nezovybat'ko.

Due to Ivan Skliar's death in 1970, the manufacturing process for the instrument was not perfected and the factory dropped the Kyiv-Kharkiv bandura from further production.

The use of willow in bandura backs and bodies caused problems for the factory, as this is not a commercial wood.

In 2007, the price of a used Kyiv concert bandura made in the Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory was around $2000 US.

The following are the most common banduras made by the Chernihiv factory with their 1988 price in roubles in order to compare the instruments.