Complex sentence: The gut-stringed, fretted torban was considered an instrument of Ukrainian Cossack officers and the upper class, while common minstrels preferred the kobza or bandura, which had metal strings plucked with both hands.
Split into simpler sentences: The gut-stringed, fretted torban was considered an instrument of Ukrainian Cossack officers and the upper class. Common minstrels preferred the kobza or bandura, which had metal strings plucked with both hands.