HIREN ROY & SONS has been undisputedly the leading sitar
manufacturer in the last decades. With their reliable conjunction of
convincing tone quality and the most careful finish with a tasteful design, Hiren Roy
sitars are unequalled - first choice of great virtuoso performers like late
Nikhil Banerjee or Vilayat Khan. Being a highly specialised family business with a limited
capacity, Hiren Roy & Sons makes - besides sitars - also mainly excellent
tanpuras and surbahars. After the death of its founder Hiren Roy in the beginning
of the nineties, the company is managed today in second-generation by his son
Barun Roy.
CHARACTERISTICS
Hiren Roy's instrumental 5-string tanpura is an absolute top class instrument. Its sound is subtle, carrying and rich in overtones.
Especially the harmonious balance of the sound is unmatched. Material and workmanship are of the highest quality. Its elegant dark
colour and tasteful decent decoration give the instrument an attractive outer appearance. The bridge is sanded for a standard tonic
of c - d. At this pitch no threads under the strings are needed. However, if a different pitch or a different sound quality is
desired, threads under the strings may well be advisable.
FEATURES
Dark stained toonwood, horn bridge, five strings, mirror-finished shellac surfaces, wooden corpus, inlay work made of celluloid.
Please click on an image to have a closer look. The pictures show samples of this model, but each
individual
instrument is unique in colour and ornamentation!
Audio example Hiren Roy Instrumental Tanpura
MEASUREMENTS
Length: 98 cm, width: 30,50 cm, depth: 14 cm, vibrating string: 69 cm, weight: 1,2 kg
Price: 460,- EURO
GENERAL INFORMATION
The string vibration on the bridge (and thus the audible overtones) depends upon the angle of the bridge and the tension, thickness
and material of the strings. A thread between the string and the bridge allows subtle manipulations of the contact angle. By moving
the thread position the buzz of each string can be adjusted individually.
The above description is meant to give a rough orientation. Each instrument is a hand-crafted individual and might differ from the
description.
Glossary entry TANPURA
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