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[*] posted on 5-22-2016 at 07:15 AM
Help looking for Santour or chromatic Santorum


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I am looking for chromatic santour or a Luther make this kind of instruments. Any on can help me? Thanks
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[*] posted on 5-22-2016 at 08:20 AM


I had a thought about this...the standard Persian santour has 9 courses of 4 strings on each side. This is the same number of strings as 12 courses of 3 strings, so if you buy 6 more bridges (3 treble & 3 bass) and file some new slots on the nuts to guide the strings, you might be able to improvise a 12-course santour that you can tune chromatically. I don't know if anyone's tried this but I don't see why it wouldn't work. That way you get a good 3 octaves out of a pretty small instrument.

Otherwise the Greek santouri is chromatic, it's more like a small cymbalom. Famous makers still active include Theofilos Bras (http://www.bras.gr/en/component/content/?view=featured) and Spyros Mamais (http://www.santouri.com/en/instruments/santouri.html), I've heard new instruments are in the region €1500+. Of course if you have a lot of space and a strong road crew you can just get a concert cymbalom.
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[*] posted on 5-22-2016 at 08:39 AM


Many thanks Dario I ll try contact them.
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[*] posted on 5-22-2016 at 10:23 AM


There is a Greek santouri player in Paris called Fanis Karoussos (http://www.faniskaroussos.com/), he can certainly give you some good advice.
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[*] posted on 5-22-2016 at 12:51 PM


Thanks again my friend
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[*] posted on 8-22-2016 at 12:31 PM


I have a chromatic santur I made in 2012. I based it on the santur design of Diaroush Salary of Tehran, Iran, and research into Iraqi santur designs. It has 3 strings per course as do the Iraqi santurs I found. The left side is a full octave of half steps. the right side is tuned for the microtones, and bass notes. I would sell it for $1,200 with a hard shell case & shipping to US included.





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[*] posted on 8-24-2016 at 02:14 PM


Thank you very much dr Oud I have bought one
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