A North Indian Sarangi, 20th century, with animal skin resonator, carved bone zoomorphic bridge, with bone nut and stringing, the neck lightly carved, 70cm, and another carved wood and bone inlaid Sarangi, with animal skin resonator and carved bone bridge, 63cm

Condition Report

Northern Sarangi: Replaced strings, mixed quality. Evidence of repair on some tuning pegs and string holder. Some blemishes to underneath body, wear consistant with use/age to body, neck, pegbox and bone inlays.

Other Sarangi: No strings plus one missing tuning peg on the fingerboard. Small sections missing from bone inlays. Repairs done including metal brace on corner of body/sound box by string holder. Wear on wood all over and particularly on animal skin resonator.

Hole to the stretched skin some damage to one of the pegs.

The instrument with the strings skin fitted is tight.