Lucjan Kosciolek – maker of hurdy-gurdies and historical folk instruments

Описание: Where and how are folk musical instruments made? Who are their makers?

These questions are answered in short recordings prepared by the Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec. The materials were produced in 2025 as a summary of another stage of long-term, systematic research into the documentation of intangible and tangible heritage – namely the knowledge and skills involved in the construction of folk musical instruments, as well as the instruments themselves.

Lucjan Kościółek – maker of hurdy-gurdies and historical folk instruments

The recording was made in the artist’s workshop in the Subcarpathian region. Lucjan Kościółek talks about how his journey into instrument making began, including an important meeting with Stanisław Wyżykowski – an outstanding instrument maker and the reviver of the hurdy-gurdy tradition in Poland.

He describes how his workshop has changed over the years – from working on a kitchen chair to a fully equipped studio, where alongside basic tools such as planes and chisels, he also uses modern equipment.

Lucjan Kościółek builds hurdy-gurdies as well as basetlas, moraharps, Płock fiddles, Biłgoraj sukas and violins.

The material was produced as part of the project “Documentation and archiving of the achievements of folk artists and the craft of making folk musical instruments”, co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund, and by the Mazovian Voivodeship Local Government.

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