BLEMISHED: Sitar Toomba, Ultra, Blemished (Item Code: STMP-TU-2) A hand carved wooden toomba with a threaded brass fitting for mounting on the neck of full sized Ultra Professional Sitars. Coloring and carvings may vary.may vary.

BLEMISHED: Approximately 25"x4 1/2". This one stringed instrument provides a range of sounds, in one long slur, by applying pressure to the side struts.

BLEMISHED: Ektara, Tenor (Item Code: EKTT-2) Ek means one and tar means string in Hindi. 6"x30", one string can be made to give a range of tones by applying pressure at various points along the neck. Simple and fun to play. This is a folk instrument made in the central coastal State of Maharashtra. The soundboard is goat skin is tightly stretched over an opening cut in the pumpkin gourd body. A bamboo shaft which serves as the neck One strings is (are) stretched from a hook at the end of the gourd, over the bridge, to the tuning peg at the end of the bamboo shaft.

BLEMISHED: Standard decorations, double toomba, 5 main, 2 chikari and 11 sympathetic strings. Includes extra string set, mizrabs, information and tuning guide (Book or CD-Rom as stock allows), and nylon padded case. Decorations and colors will vary. These are all individually made and will be unique.

Important Specifications:

Item overall: 48" L x 12" H x 14" W

Body/Bowl: 10.5" L x 11" H x 14" W

Nut: 4.5 Inches Neck at Nut: 3.5" W

Neck at Body Joint: 3.75" W

String at the Nut: 1.5" W Strings at Bridge: 1.5" W 

Scale Length: 34"

BLEMISHED: Enjoy creating and listening to classical Indian music with this Banjira sitar model. Instrument includes 11 sympathetic strings, 5 main strings and 2 chikari strings.

Please note: Decorations and colors will vary. These are all individually made and will be unique.

Important Specifications:

Item Overall: 49 inches in length, 11.25 inches in height and 14 inches in width

Body/Bowl: 11 inches in length, 9.875 inches in height and 14 inches in width

Sound board: The sound board includes tuning beads and includes 1 swan tuning bead

Body/Neck: Brown painted body, neck, gourd and toomba. Includes pretty decorations on all parts of instrument.

Strings: 11 sympathetic strings, 2 chikari strings and 5 main strings

Frets: 20, sitar style (adjustable)

Nut: Made of cattle-bone: 4.125 inches in width; Neck at Nut: 3.625 inches in width

Neck at Body Joint: 4 inches in width

Bridge: Made from cattle-bone; Strings at Bridge: 1.875

Scale Length: 34 inches (adjustable)

End Peg: Made of cattle-bone

Accessories Included:
Extra string set
Mizrabs
Book or CD-ROM as stock allows
Soft padded nylon case

BLEMISHED: Approximately 19"x3". Smallest of the Gopichands, with the highest pitch. This one stringed instrument provides a range of sounds, in one long slur, by applying pressure to the side struts.

BLEMISHED: Sarangi (Item Code: SRGI-2) 25" long. 3 main strings overlay sympathetic strings that resonate over a natural skin soundboard. Includes bow and case.

BLEMISHED: - 54 inch long. Double animal heads perch atop two large carved toombas of the same size. It has 7 strings: 4 main strings and 3 chikari strings. The mythical animals will vary from instrument to instrument.

BLEMISHED: Rag-Dung, Extra Large (Item Code: RD70D-2S) Rag-Dung, Extra Large Approximately 72" in length fully extended. Telescoping 3 sections. Smallest height 29 1/2" compacted. The bell of the horn is 8 1/4 inches in diameter. Brass telescoping trumpets, called rag-dung, zangs dung or dung-chen are decorated with repoussé brass cuffs dotted with red coral and turquoise stones, there is also repoussé brass garlands on the bell. Although Confucianism remained the basis for the structure of government in China, it was Buddhism, introduced in the first century B.C.E., which flourished from the Han to the Tang (206 B.C.E.-C.E. 907). Among the instruments associated with Buddhism was the dung-chen, a long trumpet played for preludes, processions, and morning and evening calls to prayer. The trumpets like these were used in ensemble playing, while larger ones (12 to 15 feet) are used in processions. The large trumpets would be carried on the shoulders of other monks, or supported on boxes when they were played in processions. These trumpets were also played on rooftops to alert the villagers and ancestral spirits of upcoming feast days.

BLEMISHED: Sitar Toomba, Professional (Item Code: STMP-TP-2) A hand carved wooden toomba with a threaded brass fitting for mounting on the neck of full sized professional Sitars. Coloring and carvings may vary.

BLEMISHED: This is our miniature version of the Standard Dark Sitar. Standard decorations, no rear toomba, 5 main, 2 chikari and 4 sympathetic strings. Approximately: 22 1/2"L x 6" W x 5" H Makes a perfect decor item. Decorations and colors will vary. These are all individually made and will be unique.

BLEMISHED:Sarod Hard Case. A cloth covered plywood case with latches. The interior is lined with felt. The exterior measurements of the case are 48 inches long, 15 1/2 inches wide at the butt, 9 1/2 inches at the neck and 8.25 inches tall.