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From: dsouza@waltz
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Subject: Santoor/Dulcimer
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 16:12:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 16:12:00 1985
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Nf-From: waltz!dsouza    Sep 17 15:12:00 1985


A while ago I found a record by Shiv Kumar Sharma (the santoor virtuoso)
in a used record store, and bought it. I played it for an American friend
who remarked on how much it sounded like (and looked like) certain kinds
of dulcimers. We tried to speculate on the reasons for this similarity
and could find no answers. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Do
the santoor and the dulcimer have a common heritage or is this some
massive coincidence of history? If there is a common root for both 
instruments, as I suspect, did the dulcimer evolve from the santoor or
vice versa? Are there any other such instruments that are alike?

regards,
dilip.

dsouza@ti-csl
TI/Austin.