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# What is a sarod made of?

 Updated 19 October 2026

 Most **[sarod](/instrument/sarod)s** have a teak body, and some are made of mulberry. Goatskin stretched across the face of the bowl forms the belly. The fingerboard is a metal plate, polished stainless steel or chrome- or nickel-plated cast steel, and bone serves for the bridge on one museum example. The triangular plectrum, the java, is most often coconut shell.



 

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