Paloma Swarmandal  | Zither Bansuri Tanpura Santoor Harp Tabla Harmonium Sitar - $500 - (Asheville, NC)

FYI: This is currently the only Paloma Swarmandal for sale in the United States Features Body made of solid wood boards, noble brown waxed surfaces, 36 strings (12 wound bass strings 1.75 to 1.20 mm in diameter and 24 steel strings 0.55 to 0.30 mm in diameter), tonal range max. d2 - d6 (i.e. five octaves), protection panel above the string holding pins, all strings with fine tuners, matt brushed silver-colored fender under the fine tuners, steel tuning pins, four plastic feet at the bottom, including tuning key and sturdy wooden box. General Info Traditionally swarmandals are used by classical singers in India. They tune the instrument to the particular raga and use it to create an inspiring sound space during breathing or other breaks. Manufacturer/Supplier Paloma is the international brand name for instruments made by Haribhau Vishwanath from Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Haribhau Vishwanath was founded in 1925 as a small repair business and developed into one of the leading Indian harmonium manufacturers in the course of decades. In addition, Haribhau Vishwanath makes shruti boxes, santoors, swarmandals and some drums. Haribhau Vishwanath is also an active musical instrument trader and supplies us with some rarely demanded instruments where a direct purchase from the manufacturer is not profitable. Thanks to his good infrastructure and long experience with instrument manufacturing, trading and international shipping, Haribhau currently supplies all common harmonium models and many other instruments constantly in a high quality regarding workmanship. In addition, he excels through attractive innovations, like e.g. the harmonium compactina or a particular silk-mat finish. Today the company is run by Ashish Diane. Tuning Tuning a swarmandal requires some understanding of music or a well-developed intuitive sense of the right sound - and usually also a chromatic tuner to simplify the process. There are no set standards for the size of the instrument and the number and…

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