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| Instrument Title | Santur 2 |
| Instrument ID | 67.00 |
| Country/area | Iran
Middle East
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| Hornbostel-Sachs class | 314.122 |
| Keyword | Dulcimer; Zither |
| Description | Board zither with a resonator box (box zither), which has metal bridges on wooden supports to suspend all the strings. There are 4 low-register coil-wrapped strings and 18 courses of 4 brass strings, which are all tunable at the right side of the box. Zither is trapezoid shaped with 2 patterns of 1-cm circles (7 per pattern) on the soundboard. There is a stain on the box and a finish to the soundboard that shows that the supports for the bridges have been moved from their original position. There are brass rings on the sides with a carrying strap attached. The stain on this santur is darker (indicating age?) than on Santur 1.
In addition to 4 rod bridges, there are 4 extra altered bridges near top of range, on sets 1, 3, 5, and 7 from the top end of the trapezoid.
The bottom of the box is one piece of wood. No textured nails were used (see Santur 1). One of each set of coil-wrapped bass string sets is missing.
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| Dimensions | Top side: 72.5 cm
Bottom side: 87 cm
Left and right
sides: 44 cm
Depth of sides: 6.4 cm
Rod bridges: 1 -
28 cm with 9 supports; 1 - 34.3 cm with 11 supports; 1 - 5.2
cm with 2 supports; 1 - 5.3 cm with 2 supports |
| Accessories | Leather strap; 4 extra altered bridges near top of range, on sets 1, 3, 5, 7 from the top of the trapezoid. |
| Condition | Fair; supports for bridges have been moved from original position; missing one of each set of coil-wrapped brass string sets. |
| Digital Collection | Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Archive |
| Image No. | xac_067b.jpg |
| Contact Info | For further information contact: Archivist, University ofWashington Ethnomusicology Division, School of Music Box353450, Seattle, WA 98195; (206) 543-0974 |
| Copyright | This Musical Instrument database is intended for educational and instructional use; if you cite or download images or text, please acknowledge the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives; downloading of audio and video examples is prohibited. |
| Repository | University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives |
| Type | Image |
| Digital reproduction field | Photographed with digital camera (JPG image); processed
using Photoshop (resized to 550 pixels, quality level 5,
label added) |
