It is now 2yrs since I last wrote to Mud Catters asking for info about the tuning and playing of my Bandura...Concert Ukrainian harp but no one has responded to my request.
I guess it is because not many Ukrainians can read English. The people in the EFDSS have also tried, but with no success.

I contacted the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus in America, they have the most wonderful male voice choir I have ever heard and perform with about 10 banduras fronting the choir...see them on Youtube I found a music shop in Vancouver but they were no help . I found a guy selling musical instruments and cases in Kiev so I bought I bought a hard case from him...and some sheet music, that I couldn't understand... and I have some pics from a factory in Kiev showing various stages of manufacture. And finally I have found a girl on Skype, from the Ukraine now living in NSW Oz who has toured all around Europe playing and singing to her bandura which is identical to mine. Name Larissa Burak...You tube, and she put me on the right track.
I think I'm getting on OK and hope to take it 'out' for the 1st time to Wimborne Folk Festival 2nd w/end in June 2016. I'm 80yrs old and a big prob has been getting my LH around the neck of the instrument to pluck the bass strings and generally getting my fingers, hands and arms supple enough to pluck the strings.