www.chnpress.com The First Music Exhibition of Tehran presented the silk string of traditional Iranian musical instruments.
Due to the difficult method of producing this string, its usage has been limited.
The silk string used to be utilized by musicians in various parts of Iran in ancient time through the Baroque era.
Mass production of metal strings, their relatively low cost of production and availability were among the factors that replaced silk strings with metal ones.
According to Siamak Mehrdad, Iranian musician and researcher, who has spent 9 years reviving the usage and production of silk strings, their sound is softer in comparison with metal ones; therefore they are more compatible with the sound of other Iranian musical instruments.
After 9 years of hard work, Siamak Mehrdad has finally managed to invent a machine for producing silk strings.
He has also presented a revised version of the harp. Although this musical instrument shares a lot in common with the harp, its specific scales are yet to be discovered.
Mehrdad’s remodelled harp received the award of the musical instrument production division of the 18th Fajr Music festival.
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