Home-made Esraj (read "more info", on right)
From Dennis Havlena. This is my version of a beautiful Indian instrument called the Esraj -- kind of a "bowed-Sitar". It has 2 playing strings and 13 sympathetic strings which run underneath the curved metal frets.
I have additional info as well as a version of this instrument with Tamboura accompaniment (& have started adding construction details details) on my webpage at
www.DennisHavlena.com
As with videos of all my instruments, my intention here is certainly not "musical performance" but rather just to show how these instruments sound.
This video was recorded about an hour after the instrument was completed & I have no idea of the proper way to play it.