Professional Persian Setar FS-304

Materials of Iranian Setar:

• Face: Mulberry
• Bowl: Walnut
• Neck: Walnut
• Pegs: Walnut
• Maker: Fofel

Iranian Setar comes with;

• Soft Case
• Extra Strings

Iranian Setar is exactly the same as on the pictures 

Setar is an Iranian musical instrument with an interesting story. It has a pear-shaped body. Although the word "setar" means three strings in Iranian, a modern setar has four strings. The first setars had three strings but 150 years ago a fourth one was added by a famous setar master Moshtagh Ali Shah. The fourth string gave Iranian Setar a better sound and players a possibility of more complex tuning alternatives.

Iranian setar's body consists of two parts; a soundbox and a long neck. The box is usually made of walnut or mulberry while the neck is made of walnut wood. There are twenty-five frets on the long neck. All of them are made of gut. The sound box has a strong resonance which produces the harmony of the notes. The harmony of the sound that master players are able to achieve is the key aspect of this instrument.

All the Iranian Setar models sold in stores are handmade. Most of them are made of metal strings and some of them have strings made of animal's intestines. They are the products of excellent craftsmen.