Kurdish Tanbour beside the Daf is the main musical instrument of classical Kurdish music. The Tanbour was already in use in the Sassanian period (5th-6th CCE).

Later the Kurdish Tanbour became associated with the religious music of the Ahl-e Haqq or generally with religious ceremonies. Tanbour and Daf are currently the only musical instruments used in Ahl-e Haqq rituals.

Tanbour is the multi regional long-necked lute of near east and central Asian countries. Depending on the region and the way of transcription the following names are shown.

***  Tambur, Tambour, Tanbour, Dambura, Tembor and Tanbourag  ***

Kurdish Tanbour is mainly played in Kermanshah province as one of the Kurdish provinces of Iran. The measures of the instrument is 90 cm in length and 17 cm in width. The sound box is pear-shaped and made of either a single piece or multiple strips of mulberry wood. The neck is made of walnut and has fourteen frets. It has two steel strings and a single copper string.

You can buy various classes of Kurdish Tanbour by Santoori.com depending on your demands.

We offer Refrence, Top and Upper Class Kurdish Tanbours. Iranian or Persian Setar besides Tar is one of the most popular instruments of Persian classical music. Therefore there are Wide Ranges in Prices offered by different makers.

Santoori.com would like to recommend his first option as his reference class Setar made by Peymani for all, who are very fastidious about the sounding of the instrument. For all, who would like to purchase a very professional instrument with all demands, which you need as a Setar virtuoso:

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