A santoor made by Kanai Lal & Sons in Kolkata: pt. Shivkumar Sharma Style, Brown Color.
Specifications
- Professional Quilaty Santoor
- Fully Tuned
- Crafted & Tuned by Kanai Lal & Sons in Kolkata, India
- Made with thoroughly-dried Kail wood
- Brown Color Finish
- Pt. Shivkumar Sharma Style
- 31 Bridges, 93 Strings
- Copper/Steel/Brass Strings
- Easy to Tune
- Professionally Tested Before Shipping
- Length: 22.5 Inches approx
- Weight: 2.5 to 4.5 Kg
- (For the 2nd and 4th note, more thick strings can be used in order to expand the tonal range to the lower octave of the keynote)
- You may also tune the Santoor chromatically. The 15 notes on the right are tuned to the diatonic scale whereas the strings on the left then complete the half-tones that are missing in the diatonic scale (corresponds to white and black keys of the piano)
In the box: Brown Color Santoor, Mallets, Tuning Key, Extra Set of Strings, Comes in Fiber Case, (For transit purpose only), Santoor Tuning And Stringing, This Santoor is dispatched with the stringing given below, 1st and 2nd string: wound 0.65 mm, 3rd , 4th and 5th string: steel 0.45 mm, 6th, 7th and 8th string: steel 0.37 mm, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th string: steel 0.35 mm, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th string: steel 0.30 mm, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th string: steel 0.27 mm, 25th , 26th, 27th, 28th and 30th string: steel 0.25 mm, This Santoor is tuned to the keynote D. According to the chosen key or the raga that you want to play, you may tune the Santoor differently. Santoor maestro Pt. Shivkumar Sharma plays his Santoor with a diatonic tuning i.e. all strings of the Santoor are tuned to the chosen scale. This has the wonderful effect that the strings that are not struck reverberate and resonate at the same time. This produces a particularly beautiful and full sound. A further advantage is that you cannot strike a wrong note since all the strings are in tune.This tuning is the most common.
Made by Kanai Lal & Sons in Kolkata. We tune and check every instrument in our Delhi workshop before it ships.
Open the packing as soon as it arrives so the instrument can air and settle into tune. Keep it away from direct heat and damp, and slacken the strings if you are storing it for a long period.
