277 sarod

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India (north)
wooden body, goat hide over front face; L. 110 cm
6 strings (2 copper, 4 steel), 2 chikari, 11 sympathetic resonance strings
3 bridges; 1 coconut shell plectrum
range: ca. 3 octaves from c; tuning: c'-c'-c-g-c'-f', c"-c" (chikari strings)

See 276. There is no resonator (only screws for its attachment).

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