247 sitār

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India(north)
body: gourd body, wooden front face, wooden neck; L. 120.0 cm
strings: 7 main strings (steel and brass);
19 movable frets
range: G-e"; tuning: c"-c'-g-C-G-c-f

Same as 245, except that sympathetic resonance strings are lacking on this instrument, which is rather simply constructed.

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