Setar is a plucked instrument and has 3 strings and is played with player’s nail.
The main parts are:
1. body mostly made of mulberry wood and rarely of walnut or rosewood
2. neck made of walnut wood
3. soundboard made of mulberry and sometimes of spruce
4. bridge made of areca wood or boxwood
5. tuningpegs made of walnut or rosewood or ebony
the numbers of frets of Setar are from 25 to 28 frets and its sound scale is 2.5 octave.
Setars are made in five different sizes:
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A | B | C |
D |
The bass setar | 660 |
170 | 452 | 850 |
Jumbo setrar | 660 |
160 | 452 | 845 |
Classic setar | 660 | 150 | 452 |
845 |
¾ setar | 605 | 140 | 415 | 780 |
½ setar | 535 | 130 | 365 | 695 |
here are some pictures of different Setars made in our workshop.
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Ordering options:
1.fret sort including traditional or the permanent frets
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2.inlay-on-woods decorations on the fingerboard and the body as you can see in the pictures
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Included:
1.hardcase
2.one string set