The archetype of the instrument carried horizontally and struck with two sticks, found in iconographical documents in ancient Babylon (1600–911 BCE) and Neo-Assyria (911–612 BCE).
Woman playing a santur, early 19th century, in Qajar Iran
Chalghi santur player playing on a non-standard Iraqi santur
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The Kashmiri santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut wood and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 st
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…instruments have been present since medieval times all over in Persian-influenced regions, including Armenia, China, Greece, India, etc. The Indian santoor, directly borrowed from the Persian santoor, is wider and more rectangular and has more strings. Its mallets are also held differently and played with…
A musician playing a santoor
Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Saraswati