The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.79

c6.79

The following table, kindly sent me by the late Mr. Ellis, shows the results obtained from a most minute and careful examination made by him and by Mr. A. J. Hipkins of a beautiful old vina, in perfect condition, now in my possession. This instrument is between two and three hundred years old, and is from the collection in the Tanjore Palace. The results, as will be seen, tend to prove that the frets were purposely arranged for something like equal temperament. We see, therefore, that in India much the same results have been independently arrived at by native musicians as have been attained by subsequent science in Europe.