Dilrupa

Dilrupa, with bow: 590,- Euro
Dilrupa with complete Guitar Meachanics for Sympathetic Strings: 640.-- Euro

All prices include 19 % German sales tax.
Customers outside the European Common Market get a reduction of 19 %.
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MONOJ KUMAR SARDAR
As a traditional instrument manufacturer in the midst of Kolkata, Monoj Kumar Sardar supplies the whole range of both Indian instruments and instruments from the folklore range as well as some western instruments. Monoj Kumar Sardar supplies a reliably good quality, both in the processing and in the sound characteristics, and can in every respect be called a manufacturer of excellent instruments with a good price-performance ratio.

LONG RESONANCE STRINGS (all steel 0,22)
1st low ma - f
2nd low Pa - g
3rd low Dha - a
4th low Ni - h / b
5th Sa - c'

The double tuning of the 9th & 10th string can also be tuned to a different note which is particularly important in the respective raga or for higher or lower variations of the same note.

SIDE RESONANCE STRINGS (all steel 0,22)
1st resonance string: low ma - f
2nd resonance string: low Pa - g
3rd resonance string: low Dha - a
4th resonance string: low Ni - h / b
5th resonance string: Sa - c'
6th resonance string: Re - d'
7th resonance string: Ga - e'
8th resonance string: ma - f'
9th& 10th resonance strings: Pa - g'
11th resonance string: Dha - a'
12th resonance string: Ni - h' / b'
13th resonance string: high Sa - c''
14th resonance string: high Re - d''
15th resonance string: high Ga - e''

PLAYING STRINGS
1st playing string: low ma - f - steel 0,40
2nd & 3rd playing strings: low Sa - c - bronze 0,40
4th playing string: very low Pa - G - bronze 0,55
5th playing string: low Pa - g - steel 0,30
6th playing string: Sa - c' - steel 0,27

Just like the Sitar, the basic note Sa is tuned between C and D. See the following example for tuning and stringing a Dilrupa, as it is supplied by us:

The build and playing technique of the Dilrupa is similar to the Esraj (see there), but has in comparison a larger, square resonance box. The Dilrupa is altogether a little bigger than the Esraj. The Dilrupa has 20 strings instead of 15, which produces a richer sound.