The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c13.s1.10

c13.s1.10

The whole length of the string from nut to bridge was 906 mm. The bridge was thus shaped, [Figure:] B being a ledge cut through for the strings, which lay on the flat part, A B, and the sounding length of the whole string was from the nut to A, but still the part A B was not firmly fixed and possibly influenced the pitch. The part of the string beyond B seemed to be damped by a perforated bead which ran on it.