Made with seasoned Tun Wood & carved in the traditional decorative Calcutta Carvings. This is new class for quality student sitars. The string layout (13 sympathetic plus 7 main) of this sitar is Pundit Ravi Shankar kharaj pancham style. The sitar is fitted with a beautiful hand carved extra top gourd. There are 20 thick brass frets, tuned & adjusted to the correct position, all pegs are chalked & fitted to prevent slipping. This sitar is very similar in concept to our Kolkata Professional model, at a modest price. This sitar includes good quality padded gig bag, 1 extra set of sitar strings and mizrabs. Manufactured to our specifications by a respected Calcutta manufacturer.  In-Stock and shipping.