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 As with videos of all my instruments, my intention here is certainly not “musical performance“ but rather just