“Shanti”, the world’s first mechanical device which automatically plays an acoustic tanpura, giving both musicians and audiences the pure acoustic sound of the tanpura in both practice and performance settings.
Check out “Shanti” on youtube!
India’s venerable Tanpura – now with a great new twist!
The soothing sound of the Tanpura, India’s ancient stringed accompaniment instrument, provides a rich carpet of sound on which the musicians recreate the age old tradition of ragas and talas. In recent times many musicians have switched to electronic digital drone devices, which attempt to imitate the sound of a real tanpura. Although these devices are compact, convenient and do not require someone to play them, the sound they produce does not measure up to the real tanpura. But now there is an alternative: Shanti, the Automatic Acoustic Tanpura Player.
Now you can have the real sound of the Tanpura whenever and wherever you want.
Designed and manufactured in Switzerland by Ken Zuckerman and a team of Swiss craftsmen. Protected by international patent laws. 2012 Patent Pending #61473718.
Now “Shanti” plays a vocal tanpura, custom made by the master Swiss craftsman Rolf Joray!
Watch “Shanti” playing a vocal tanpura on Youtube!
