The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.182

c11.182

The first, second, and third are of steel, the fourth of brass; the steel strings are similar to those of the vina. The Tamburi has no side strings; the tuning pegs are placed differently to those of the vina; those of the first and second strings being placed at the side, as in a violoncello; and those of the second and third strings being placed at right angles to the centre of the head as in a banjo or peghead guitar.