Ranjan Veena is a plucked string musical instrument invented and patented by Pandit Niranjan Haldar, a retired senior Grade-A artist from

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Invention

Haldar has more than 40 years of experience in Indian and Western Classical music and has performed at various concerts and events such as

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for Akashvani, Doordarshan and Sangeet Natak Academy. He drew inspiration from Vichitra Veena. After a decade of work he created a smaller musical instrument with a unique tonal quality that is a combination of the

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. The instrument is played with picks on fore-finger, middle-finger and thumb. On the Ranjan Veena, an experienced musician can play all the Indian Classical Instrumental techniques: Meed (Slide) Gamak, Krintan, Gitkari and the fast Taans.

Structure

* Type: finger picking instruments * Picks: 2 Finger Picks, 1 Thumb Pick & Stone/ Glass slide * Size (L*B*H): (1100mm X 330mm X 150mm) * Weight: 3.6 kg (7.93 lbs) * Main Strings: 5; Secondary/ Chikari Strings - 4; Sympathetic Strings - 12; Octave Range - 4 * Tuning Knobs: 21 (Indian design with guitar-like mechanism) * Fret: with 19 reference frets.

References

* String instruments Indian musical instruments {{Composite-instrument-stub