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	Santur
		The santur is a struck zither in the form of a shallow, regular trapezoidal box.
		There are several sound posts inside the box, and two small rosettes on the top panel which help to amplify the sound.
		The santur has 72 strings, arranged in groups of four, i.e.
	www.duke.edu /~azomorod/santur.html (108 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Santur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The santur (سَنتور) is a hammered dulcimer of Iran.
		The Roma people introduced a derivative of the santur called the cymbalum to Eastern Europe, which in turn likely led to the development of the clavichord and the piano.
		The santur is a persian three-octave wooden-hammered dulcimer with seventy-two strings(standard santour) which are arranged on adjustable tuning pegs in eighteen quadruple sets, nine (bronze) in the low register, and nine (steel) in the middle register.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Santur (640 words)

	Middle eastern instruments: santur or santour
		Santur, santour, santoor, cymbalon, cimbalon, hakkebord, psalterion, dulcimer
		A traditional Iranian santur has 9 high cords divided into octaves and one row of 9 bass cords tuned an octave lower.
		So we could say the santur is the grandfather of the piano.
	www.belly-dance.org /santur.html (219 words)

	nandkishor muley - Spa Song: Santur
		Media Type: CD Santur master Nandkishor Muley interprets Vedic compositions from India that are steeped in thousands of years of tradition.
		This lush music is performed on an unaccompanied acoustic santur, the exquisite hammer dulcimer of South Asia that evokes the delicate tranquility of water.
		Santur master Nandkishor Muley is considered the leading performer of this ancient, delicate meditation music from the vibrant land of India.
	www.whiteswanmusic.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/product_id/322 (222 words)

	Santur
		The Santur is generally considered the most important of Persian melody instruments.
		The santur basically consists of a trapezoid wooden box with metal strings stretched across bridges arranged in courses; the typical santur has 4 strings per note.
		The santur player tunes the strings to the pitch class set of whichever dastgah they are going to be playing in.
	sendingtransmission.tripod.com /santurinfo.html (1236 words)

	Light Reading - Chips, Components & Subsystems - Tunable Lasers: Back in Fashion? - Telecom News Analysis
		Although Santur won't officially confirm this, it appears that both Corvis and Innovance were using its tunable lasers in demonstrations at the recent Supercomm show (see Vendors Aim to Cut Costs in Core).
		Santur's key selling point, he says, is the fact that its laser offers a wide tuning range and the optical quality of Distributed Feedback (DFB) Lasers -- the type of laser in widespread use in DWDM systems today.
		Santur is just embarking on this process, which it hopes to have completed by the end of the year.
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=17850 (904 words)

	History-Santur-Ahmad Borhani (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The official and traditional Santur we use in Iran at the present time has 18 individual portable bridges and first time was used and taught in Iran about 150 years ago by a Santur player who was from India.
		The style of Habib Somai is transferred to the new generation of Santur players of Iran by three of his friends and students who used the European music notation to write his works.
		Most of the new generation of the Iranian Santur players are related to one of the three mentioned people.
	www.tonbak.com /sanhistory.htm (321 words)

	Nay-Nava the encyclopedia of Persian(Iranian) musical instruments
		The Santur can be made from various kinds of wood (walnut, rosewood, betel palm, etc.) depending on the desired sound quality.
		The front and the back of the instrument are connected by soundposts whose positions play an important role in the sound quality of the instrument.
		The santur is a struck zither in the form of a shallow, regular trapezoidal box.
	nay-nava.blogfa.com /post-2.aspx (714 words)

	Optical Keyhole: News item
		Santur noted that the feature was now available for sampling in Santur's TL1010-C product that provides 10mW of tunability across the C-band, and would additionally be available in subsequent 20mW and L-band products.
		Santur said that in combination with an external modulator, the TL1010-C device is ideally suited for use in a wide variety of DWDM systems offered by network providers.
		Santur received initial funding of $20 million in February 2001 from Sequoia Capital and Menlo Ventures, and $10 million of lease financing in June 2001 from Lighthouse Capital.
	www.opticalkeyhole.com /eventtext.asp?ID=25802&pd=5/31/2002 (350 words)

	SANTUR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Santur masa üzerinde veya bir sehpa üzerinde çalındığı gibi piano gibi bacaklı şekilleri de vardır.
		Ziya Santur büyük bir özveri ile bu sazın gelişmesi için çaba göstermiştir.
		Bugün santur çalanlar benim yetiştirdiğim mahdut talebeden ibarettir.
	www.turkmusikisi.com /calgilar/santur (1116 words)

	Spirit Voyage Music : Spa Song \| Santur: Nandkishor Muley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Santur is both a sound of meditation and meditation itself.
		Proficient in the movements of Kathak, Nandkishor would receive numerous degrees in musical study before hearing the Santur playing of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is in a large part responsible for bringing the instrument into Indian classical music.
		His handmade Santur has a tonal range extending over three octaves; the 100 strings play 34 notes, the three bottom notes with two strings each and one bridge holding four as the drone.
	www.spiritvoyage.com /shopping/detail.cfm?PC=1378 (1114 words)

	Light Reading - Chips, Components & Subsystems - Santur Tunes In $10M - Telecom News Analysis
		Santur is one of several companies that have been waiting for the market to embrace tunable lasers.
		Santur expects the funding to be its last, as the market for tunables is finally coming around.
		Santur lines up an array of 12 thermally tunable DFBs, each one covering a piece of the C band, and uses MEMS to select one of the lasers.
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=44294 (699 words)

	Artist Profiles - Tarun Bhattacharya
		Tarun Bhattacharya is one of the world's preeminent virtuosos of the santur, a hammered dulcimer with a graceful and quiet resonance.
		A: The santur is an instrument which has its origins in the Middle East.
		Santur means shathathanthri veena (a veena with 100 strings).
	www.musicoftheworld.com /profile_tarun.html (1017 words)

	Santur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Santur is kind of dulcimer with a flat trapeze body.
		The strings are struck with a light wooden sticks whose ends are slightly curved upwards (pictured in middle of santur).
		The santur was cultivated chiefly in cities to accompany singing.
	www.geocities.com /tomzara/santur.htm (63 words)

	Iran - music - Iranian instruments - Santur
		The santur is a three-octave wooden-hammered dulcimer with seventy-two strings which are arranged on adjustable tuning pegs in eighteen quadruple sets, nine (bronze) in the low register, and nine (steel) in the middle register.
		The Santur can be made from various kinds of wood (walnut, rosewood, betel palm, etc.) depending on the desired sound quality.
		Although the santur is very old, it was neither depicted in miniatures, nor presented in any other medium until the nineteenth century.
	www.dejkam.com /music/iran_traditional/instruments/santur (110 words)

	The Dulcimer - The Santur Area (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although most writers express the opinion that the santur came to Turkey from Persia, the evidence suggests that it was in Turkey first; this is discussed in detail in Chapter 7, and suffice it to say here that it clearly existed from the 17th century, although was not generally known until later.
		An 18th century instrument in the Horniman Museum, London, has a painting on the lid illustrating a santur player kneeling on the ground to play; the bridges are pushed to the side, but this may not represent their position on the model, of course.
		All writers seem unanimous in accepting Farmer's account of a santur fransiz and a santur turk’ ('frankish', 'turkish') side by side from c.1850 (90), although none describes the difference between the two.
	www.new-renaissance.eenet.ee /dulcimer/5_other_countries/4_islam/pages/2_turkey.htm (161 words)

	Press Releases
		As Santur continues to penetrate the optics market, EMCORE will support their efforts with the leading technology platform.
		Santur was founded in November 2000 and has gathered world-class expertise in the fields of optical device design and packaging.
		Santur's packaging facility is tooled to carry out the low-cost packaging process.
	www.emcore.com /news/release.php?id=47 (778 words)

	The Dulcimer - The Santur Area (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All seem agreed that the santur is a central instrument in Persian classical music: Nettl is particularly interesting in this connection, with the notion that a musician is scarcely complete unless he is proficient on the santur (59).
		Some say the standard ensemble is simply santur and tonbuk (drum), others that it is a trio with a flute as well (60).
		The bridges on the Persian santur have a basic position dividing the strings into the ratio 1:2, at the octave; this is but rarely used elsewhere, and may be altered according to the particular dastgah being used.
	www.new-renaissance.eenet.ee /dulcimer/5_other_countries/4_islam/pages/3_persia.htm (385 words)

	ECAI Silk Road Atlas - Instruments - Santur
		The santur is a struck zither, also known as a hammer dulcimer.
		The virtuoso santur player produces light, glistening tones by striking the instrument with blinding speed and precision.
		The earliest predecessors of the modern santur may date back to 1600 BCE and it is one of the main instruments of Iranian music.
	www.ecai.org /silkroad/instruments/santur.html (192 words)

	Optical Keyhole: Directory
		Santur is a startup developer of tunable devices for optical networks.
		Santur's initial product is a widely tunable DFB-like laser source aimed at high bit rate, long-haul applications.
		Santur has developed proprietary fabrication and packaging technologies enabling high volume manufacturing.
	www.opticalkeyhole.com /profile.asp?coid=2207&coname=Santur+Corp&mdt=&sdt=4&az= (70 words)

	Santur Corporation Announces Next-Generation Series 3000 Small Form-Factor Tunable Laser Products Market Wire - Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Santur Corporation, a vertically integrated optical components manufacturer, today announces its next generation family of products demonstrating increased levels of miniaturization and cost-reduction.
		Santur is currently sampling the Series 3000 product to interested OEMs, and the new package will be on display in Santur's booth #1118 at the 2004 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) in Los Angeles.
		Santur's products have set a new standard in the industry with their unique combination of high-power achieved without the use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wide tunability with no possibility of mode hops, reliability, and low cost.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200402/ai_mark4220937353 (486 words)

	Santur Corporation
		Santur Corporation Secures $10 Million in Series C Financing
		Santur's mission is to enable next generation optical networks by providing innovative, reliable and affordable optical components.
		Santur’s strategy is to effectively integrate the most reliable and manufacturability technologies from the fields of optics, semiconductor processing, electronics, and packaging to provide value to our customers.
	www.santurcorp.com (290 words)

	Allan Kushan
		You could see the outline of a man sitting in the center of the stage with his head down.
		People sitting around tables at the Noruz celebrations in Berkeley, northern California, were too busy cracking nuts and munching on fruits and cookies to notice the music.
		Kushan, an Iranian Kurd with appropriate long, dark hair, has added piano, harp and harpsichord strings to the traditional santur, creating a unique bass sound that has brought a powerful dimension to this ancient instrument.
	www.iranian.com /Music/July97/Kushan/index.html (152 words)

	Santur in catalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iranian santur is small enough to play on your lap, although traditionally it is played on a small table in front of you.
		This instrument is copied from a traditional santur and developed in association with an Iranian friend, a very particular player.
		Mezrabs, the tiny delicate hammers for a santur are available in plain or padded styles for $80 a pair.
	www.netspeed.com.au /gillian.alcock/catsant.html (172 words)

	Tarang - Indian Stringed Instruments: Santur
		The Indian Santur which is played with sticks has developped out of the folk music in Kashmir.
		Particularly the Santur virtuoso Shivkumar Sharma has developped a kind of differentiated playing technique that played an important part in accepting this instrument as a classical solo instrument.
		The instrument is supplied in a stable plywood case that is usually coated with fl plastic, together with a pair of sticks and a tuning key.
	www.indian-instruments.com /stringed_instruments/santur.htm (325 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Santur
		The santur (سَنتور) is a hammered dulcimer of Persia.
		The special-shaped mallets are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers.
		The Indian santoor is more rectangular and can have more strings.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Santur (226 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Industry Veteran Paul Meissner Joins Santur as CEO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He joins Santur from Coherent, where he most recently served as the EVP of Global Business Operations.
		Headquartered in Fremont, California, Santur Corporation is the world's leading vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance tunable lasers for metro and long-haul WDM systems.
		Santur's products have set a new standard in the industry with their unique combination of high power achieved without the use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wide tunability with no possibility of mode hops, stability in harsh environments, Telcordia GR-468 reliability and value.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=201630&tsource=3 (400 words)

	Santur - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Santur - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Santoor, but this is disputed.
		This article relating to musical instruments is a stub.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/a/n/Santur.html (179 words)

	“Santur Player” soundtrack composed before production
		The film is a musical and the plot is based on the career of a performer, and thus the soundtrack had to be made before the production, Kamkar told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.
		The close-ups in the film’s musical performances show Kamkar’s hands playing the santur, but Bahram Radan plays the role of santur virtuoso and singer Ali, who becomes a drug addict.
		The screening of “The Santur Player” was postponed several times during the 25th Fajr International Film Festival, held in Tehran from February 1 to 11, and finally it was shown with some songs cut.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=447730 (271 words)

	Santur's tunable lasers make more of MEMS (June 2002) - News - Compound Semiconductor
		Now, researchers at Santur, Fremont CA, claim to have developed a simple method for fabricating a highly tunable source that meets all these requirements.
		The device is based on an array of DFB lasers on a indium-phosphide chip.
		Santur recently unveiled its first commercial product based on this technology.
	www.compoundsemiconductor.net /articles/news/6/6/9/1 (478 words)

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