--- url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-a-sursingar-made-of' title: 'What is a sursingar made of?' author: name: rajeevk url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-ca/user/4add8741a490747f' date: '2026-10-19T15:08:04+00:00' type: website summary: 'A sursingar has a gourd resonator with a wooden cover, a hollow wooden neck and a metal fingerboard; heritage instruments used mahogany or teak.' tags: - 'Instruments & artforms' image: 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' published: true og: site_name: KalaSudha 'image:url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:secure_url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:type': image/svg+xml 'image:alt': KalaSudha --- FAQ · Instruments & artforms # What is a sursingar made of? Updated 19 October 2026 A **[sursingar](/en-ca/instrument/sursingar)**'s resonator is a cut gourd closed with a wooden cover, attached to a hollow wooden neck with a fretless metal plate. The V&A records wood, ivory and gourd; the Met records tun wood, gourd, bone, ivory, gut and wire. Heritage instruments were usually mahogany or teak, now scarce, so revival makers use substitute woods. Was this answer helpful? [ ](/en-ca/user/login?flag_anon=faq_helpful-909&destination=/en-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-a-sursingar-made-of) [ ](/en-ca/user/login?flag_anon=faq_not_helpful-909&destination=/en-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-a-sursingar-made-of) Thanks for your feedback! ## Related pages 1 page mentions this question ### Instruments (1) - [ Sursingar The sursingar is a fretless plucked lute in the bass register, close to the sarod and grown from the seni rabab. Musicians played it at the Gwalior and Rampur… ](/en-ca/instrument/sursingar) [ Previous question What is a surbahar? ](/en-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-a-surbahar) [ Next question What is a sursingar? ](/en-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-a-sursingar)