The pidkova (, literally "Horseshoe") is a musical instrument.
In some Ukrainian folk instrument ensembles a steel horseshoe dangling from the end of a gut string is struck with a piece of metal wire. This produces a high-pitched ringing sound similar to a triangle.
See also Ukrainian folk music
Sources
Humeniuk, A. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967 Mizynec, V. - Ukrainian Folk Instruments - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984 Cherkaskyi, L. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages.