Sarangi Review

Submitted by sitarpla on Sat, 2007-01-20 17:20. ::

Sarangi in case

This sarangi is from Delhi. The sarangi was played for several years by a student of Pandit Ram Narayan. It was reskinned, refinished and restrung.

Some Details

I am not a sarangi player (yet) and therefore I will stick to the obvious details and update this review at a later point, e.g. after my first class (feb 2, 2007).

Style

Pandit Ram Narayan

Age

Unknown

Strings

3 top playing strings

1 heavy wound upper level tarab (sympathetic string)

11 upper level tarabs of equal length

24 lower level sympathetic strings of varying length

Bow

Horse hair, very much like a violin bow with a tension knob

Case

Heavy duty fiberglass case perfectly fitted to the sarangi.
Detail of lower tarab pegs: View of the tarab pegs. These are the lower level tarabs.Detail of lower tarab pegs:

Detail of upper tarab pegs: View of the upper tarab pegs. NB the two small upper bridges. Also note the heavy wound string with a clear tuning bead.Detail of upper tarab pegs

Top down viewTop down view
Left side viewLeft side view

Right side head viewRight side head view

 Base and langot: View of the base and the langot. Skin is quite white. I imagine that jawari animal is some kind of cow judging from the udder. Strings are looped like taanpuras.Base and langot:
Detail of the bridge supportDetail of the bridge support Full back viewFull back view Full front viewFull front view

Sarangi Concerts From youtube.com

Pandit Ram Narayan



Ustad Sabri Khan


Ustad Amir Khan, Malkauns, With Sarangi Accompaniment


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