Brief Description of Instruments in alphabetical order:

Dholak: It is barrel shaped percussion instrument originating from the folk tradition of northern India. The body is made of hollowed wood, both ends covered with tanned animal skin strung with rope running through them.

Harmonium: It is an acoustic keyboard instrument with a bellow like an accordion. It may or may not have a provision to move the keyboard and. When it does it is called a scale changer. It may also collapse in into the shape and size of a suitcase for travel convenience. When it does it is called 'collapsible'. Quality of the instrument largely depend on the quality of wood used for the body, board, quality and number of the reed sets, it being portable or not and finally the brand name.

Naal: It is barrel shaped percussion instrument originating from the folk tradition of northern India. The body is made of hollowed wood, both ends covered with tanned animal skin strung with long nuts and bolts. It s a bit resonating on high note.

Pakhawaz: It is a highly resonating ancient classical drum. It is a barrel shaped drum made of hollowed wood covered with goat hide at both ends put in tension by straps running through them. The treble side come with a central black circle already made while on the base side fresh dhow is applied for each performance.

Sarangi: It is an ancient string instrument played with a bow. It is held vertically. There are three main playing strings run from top to the bottom across a few bridges. There are also a number of resonating strings.

Sarode: It is a long necked stringed instrument primarily wood. Strings are run from one end attached to wooden pegs to another end over a bridge placed on a drum sound box covered with skin. Its fret board is smooth and steel plated. It is played with a plectrum made of dry coconut shell. It has got several sympathetic resonant string underneath a layer of a few main playing strings.

Sitar: This is the most popular of all north Indian string instruments. It has a long neck with frets and a gourd at the bottom. Some Sitars come with another gourd at the top to enhance the resonance. It has some main playing strings running from top to the bottom over the frets and quite a few sympathetic strings underneath the frets. It is played with a plectrum made of wire. There are two distinctly different styles of Sitars. The size, number of strings and such other details vary between the two. The price differs based on size, quality of the guard, wood and other materials, decoration and above all sound.

Tanpura: It is a long necked instrument with 4-6 strings running from the top to the bottom made of gourd. It is used as the background drone to Indian classical music. Gents Tanpura are full size (approximately four and half feet long) meant for C to D pitches. With change of strings they can be tuned higher. Ladies Tanpura, on the other hand, are meant for G to B pitches and are a little smaller (approximately 4 feet long). There are smaller Tanpuras meant for accompaniment with instrumental music meant for C to D pitches and can also be tuned higher with change of strings. Price of the instrument depends on the size, quality of gourd, wood, decoration and maker.

Tabla: It is a two-piece drum, a combination of base (Bayan) and treble drums (Dahina). Base drum is made of metal such as copper, broze, steel etc and the treble drum is made of wood. Both are hollow in side covered with goat hide in three layers put in tension by means of straps running from top to the bottom of the drum. The cover has a central back circle meant for resonance. The Drums are placed on cushioned rings. They are tuned with a hammer. Covers are for protection of the drums.