Ulhas Bapat

The limitations of the ancient, one-hundred-stringed, hammered dulcimer-like, santoor have been extended by India-born virtuoso, Ulhas Bapat. Adapting the chromatic scale tuning system, Bapat has eliminated the instrument's need to be retuned after each piece. The instrument's inability to reproduce the "meend" or glissando note has been overcome through a modification conceived and developed by ...more