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Indian Oboe (Shehnai) +22 Professional Transverse Flute (Bansuri) + Training Book + Introductory CDFabulous Offer for a Complete Introductory Kit to Quality Indian Woodwinds!The Shehnai is one of the most beautiful and melodious Indian wind instruments and is played for classical as well as popular belly dance scores. It is extremely low puff and very easy to learn. Carved rosewood neck. Nickeled or brass sole that is engraved through creating a two-tone floral pattern. While the reeds are called double reeds, they are actually four layers thick instead of two. Reed included.The North Indian bansuri is a side-blown flute invented in this century by Pannalal Ghosh. It is made of single jointed, thin-walled bamboo and is tuned to an untempered chromatic scale. Ghosh created the modern bansuri by adding a seventh finger hole to the traditional instrument. Bansuri have a range of approximately three octaves. The best Bansuris are made of rare Sunderbans bamboo reeds and are almost invariably hand made. The bansuri is striking in both its simplicity and richness. Originally a folk instrument, the bansuri has evolved a dazzling classical repertoire and found its way into the contemporary jazz and world music scene.
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