[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c11.89 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.89 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.89 - **Language:** English ### [c11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.89) A wooden arc supports a slab of wood 1 by 2½ inches. A resinous cement is poured upon this, and a piece of metal passing underneath the second, third, and fourth strings is laid above and manipulated until the strings produce a clear tone free from all buzz or twang; a wet cloth is then applied, or a little cold water poured over the upper surface, so as to harden the cement. Under the first string a similar piece of metal, in this case of a superior quality—either polished steel or bell metal—is fixed in the same way. - [Previous: c11.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.88) - [Next: c11.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.90) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.89) · Pramāṇa