Sarangi

The sarangi is a short-necked fiddle used throughout India that is particularly important in Hindustani music of North India, having some regional variations. This example is a smaller version that has a waisted and hollowed out body covered with animal skin and a deep neck and pegbox, usually carved from a single piece of wood. The square pegbox has four lateral friction pegs with large, round-turned knobs holding four main gut strings (one broken). Along the side of the neck, there are nine smaller pegs for sympathetic brass strings which run through small holes with bone eyelets on the unfretted fingerboard, and through small holes on the bone bridge. All strings are tied at the bottom tailpiece, which has a bone overlay plate.