Maker
Bina Musicals
Indian percussion and harmonium makers
Bina makes tabla, dholak, and harmoniums in Delhi for students and performers, and is one of the few Indian instrument makers whose work is distributed widely outside India.
Models
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Bina Tabla Set
Hand percussion · India
A tabla is two drums played as one instrument: the wooden dayan tuned to a pitch with a hammer and the wooden blocks under its straps, and the metal bayan bent with the heel of the hand. Both carry the syahi, the black tuning paste that gives tabla its bell-like tone and takes a specialist to apply.
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Bina Dholak
Hand percussion · India
A barrel drum played on both heads with the hands, rope- or bolt-tuned, and carried through folk music, film songs, and devotional singing across North India and Pakistan.
Categories
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Hand Percussion
Congas, bongos, djembes, cajons, timbales, frame drums, and the small instruments that live on a percussion table: tambourines, cowbells, shakers, and claves.
Representative model
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Bina Tabla Set
Hand percussion · India
A tabla is two drums played as one instrument: the wooden dayan tuned to a pitch with a hammer and the wooden blocks under its straps, and the metal bayan bent with the heel of the hand. Both carry the syahi, the black tuning paste that gives tabla its bell-like tone and takes a specialist to apply.