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# How many strings does a sursingar have?

 Updated 25 October 2026

 Accounts of the **[sursingar](/instrument/sursingar)**'s strings vary. Some give six main strings on a flat bridge plus two strings for drone and rhythm, and the V&A's 19th-century example has 14 pegs. The strings are steel, bronze or brass; metal replaced earlier gut.



 

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