DURGA SAROD

This instrument is also featured in our used instrument section......

Vintage quality!

A beautiful sarod made by Durga Babu. It's approximately 60 years old and had a new skin and langot (tailpiece) on it along with a new upper bridge. The work was done by Dulal of Oriental Musikraft in India last year. This particular instrument was owned by a student of Radhika Mohan Maitra and was played on for 18 years by him until he retired from music.

Durga Babu was a famous sarod maker from the 1930's to the 1960's and his instruments were favored by musicians such as Radhika Mohan Maitra, Dabir Khan, Shyam Gangoly and others. He was considered by many to be the best maker of his time before Hemen came along. His shop was in Howrah, across the river from Calcutta.

This particular instrument has a sound you would expect  from one its age and is made of Tun (mahogany) wood. The action was set a little higher from the new skin so the head replacement should not be an issue for a long time. Very nice neck shape for higher notes. Has the older pegs and original brass tumba on it, replaced parts have been kept and come with it. Comes with a brown padded fiberglass case.

$1950  $1750+ shipping    includes fiberglass case

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