Hand Made Flat Male Tanpura/Tanpuri/Tambora 4 String Tambura Tun Wood Music Indian Flavor Kolkata Bhajan Kirtan Color Brown Size 52 Inches

The Tanpura (called "tamboura" or "tambura" in South India) is the instrument that provides the characteristic drone background in most Indian Classical Music.

The tanpura or tambura, tanpuri is a long-necked plucked string instrument.

It does not play melody but rather supports and sustains the melody of another instrument or singer by providing a continuous harmonic bourdon or drone.

Like a sitar, a tanpura has a curved bridge or “jawari” which produces the buzzy sound that characterizes the drone. Most tanpuras have 4 or 5 strings and are tuned to 2 or 3 different notes. They can make a lovely bouquet of overtones.

There are three groups of tanpuras. Male tanpuras, the largest, are made to match the male singing voice and sound best between B flat and D sharp.

This is male tanpura.

Female tanpuras, slightly smaller, sound best about a fifth higher, from F to B. Instrumental tanpuras, the smallest, are made to accompany a stringed instrument like a sitar or sarode, and sound best an octave up from a Male tanpura.

This instrumental Tanpura is about 100 cm in length and is stringed with 4 thin steel strings. It has a flat wooden sound box.

The sound can be described as clear and silvery. The characteristic tuning of an instrumental Tanpura is around c (c - d). Instrumental Tanpuras are used in Indian music e.g. at Sarod or Sitar concerts.

The richness in overtones is closely related to the position of the threads which are squeezed in between bridge and strings. The position of the threads changes the bearing angle between

strings and bridge and so influence a strong or less strong vibrating/twanging which is responsible for the richness in overtones.

If you would like to maintain or change the richness in overtones, you should newly adjust these threads occasionally, in order to keep your favorite sound pattern. This may be necessary with every new tuning of the instrument.

The body shape of the tanpura somewhat resembles that of the sitar, but it has no frets – as the strings are always plucked at their full lengths.

It plays an important role in a concert of classical music by providing the base note (adharaswara) and by creating an aesthetic ambience on the stage. A well-tuned tanpura can emit possibly all the seven notes of the gamut.

The tanpura has a hollow body. The body is a carefully designed soundbox. It consists of the front of the tanpura, called the soundboard (tabli), the gourd (tumba) and the neck heel (gulu) at the back of the fingerboard. The tanpura is a plucked chordophone.

The vibrations set up by the plucking of strings are conveyed to the resonator through the bridge and the resonating plank (tabli). The air cavity inside the tumba and the rest of the body is set into forced vibrations, which leads to the amplification and projection of the basic tone.

It is 52-Inch-long and 4 Inch in wide. It tumba length is 13 Inche and 14 inch in wide. It approx. weight is 2.740 kg.

The best wood to make tanpuras from is Spanish Cedar (tun wood). Teak is also used for this purpose. The wood used should be well seasoned or kiln-dried so that it stands up to the changes in temperature as well as humidity.

The total length of the male tanpura is fifty-seven inches, the width of the soundboard (tabli) seventeen inches, circumference of the gourd (tumba) is fifty-four inches, and the length of the neck (dandi) or fingerboard is forty inches.

The measurements of the female tanpura are fifty-one, fifteen, forty-eight and thirty-six inches respectively.

The polishing is done by hand, preferably with the French Sheller with a spirit base. But before it is polished, the body is made smooth by sandpaper. The polish must be dried for at least fifteen days before fitting the pegs and bridges for good results.

The fittings of the tanpura are: khunti (pegs), targahan (nuts), javari (bridge), and strings. The wood used for pegs is preferably seasoned rosewood, and the bridge and nuts are preferably made of a stag horn. All the joints of the tanpura's body are very important and, therefore, should be treated consciously. The tanpuras are decorated with fine inlay work and wooden leaf patterns to give it a much better appearance.

There are four metal strings, three are made of steel and the fourth and the lowest one is of brass.

Number of Strings - 4

Wood Used - Tun wood

Type - Designer Flat tanpura

NOTE: The color of the product may slightly vary due to photographic lighting or your monitor display settings, phone screen, camera.

The size, shape and color of this product may slightly vary due to varying manufacturers.

Hand Made Product Thus Machine Quality Finish Not Possible, 100% Copy Not Possible. Scratch Mark, small dent/mark may be there.

Package Includes:  1 Tanpura

SPECIFICATION

Length:                       52 Inches

Width:                         4 Inches

Tumba Length:         13 Inches

Tumba Width:           14 Inches

Weight:                        2.740 kg

Color:                           Brown

Material:                     Wooden, Metal 

FEATURES:

·         Easy to Use

·         Smooth Surface

·         Natural Vibrant Color

·         Durable

·         Best Quality

·         Flawless Finish

·         Precisely Designed

·         Premium Quality

·         Long Life

·         Spruce Top for Great Tones and Sound

·         Easy to learn and Play

·        Made with Tun Wood

·         Exquisite Inlay Work

·         Light Weight

·         Best Suitable for Travel Purpose

·         Complete Wooden Body