Indian manufactured instrument: the bulbul. A low cost instrument that is appealing at face value. A 6 stringed, dulcimer-like box that uses typewriter key buttons to be pressed to fret the strings at a particular spot to generate a note. The strings can be tuned any of several ways but two strings are generally tuned the same and generate a drone. A pick or fingerpicking may be used to pluck the strings. The problem I had was tuning the strings. The tuning pegs are a little hard to manipulate. The sound generated by this instrument was also less than pleasing to me. Sold it on eBay for about $50.00.
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