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How big is a surbahar?
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Two museum surbahars measure 1,340 mm and 1,500 mm long, and both are 390 mm wide; one is 340 mm deep. The resonator is a large dried gourd cut flat and set horizontally, which gives a shallower, rounder body than the sitar's upright gourd. It is a larger, lower-pitched version of the sitar.