Musical Instrument of Otara

Several performers have developed literary and musical genres based on vernacular texts: the Forest Jongleurs, a group of travelling Elven and Half Elven entertainers for example, sing, do tricks, and dance to earn their living, along with the Harakian Troubadours and the Kidmarra Trouveres. Even Delchrist has the Minnesingers, a class of artist-knights who write and sing love songs tinged with religious fervour, also travel the lands entertaining.

Instruments, such as the vielle, harp, psaltery, flute, shawm, bagpipe, and drums are all used to accompany dances and singing. Trumpets and horns are used by nobility, and organs, both portative (movable) and positive (stationary), appear in the larger churches. For performers and performance, perhaps the most important developments in the past few centuries are refinements of rhythmic notation necessary to keep independent melodic lines synchronous. At first the obvious visual method of vertical alignment was used; later, as upper voices became more elaborate in comparison with the (chant-derived) lower ones, and writing in score thus wasted space, more symbolic methods of notating rhythm developed.

Most minstrels pick a stringed instrument as their primary instrument since it allows them to play and sing at the same time. Wind instruments are usually carried as back-up (mostly because they do not need the kind of high maintenance that goes into keeping the harps and mandolins in tune). Drums are usually used only when the minstrel is part of a larger musical group, although it is traditional to play drum rolls at various ceremonial events, including executions. The two "pump" instruments, the Bag Pipes and the Squeeze Box, are newcomers to the World scene and are still outlawed in many areas while the various guilds argue about who should control their production (in most places, stringed instrument makers, wind instrument makers, and percussion instrument makers are all in separate guilds). For each instrument, three prices are given; the value of the character's starting primary instrument, the value of secondary instruments, and the cost of replacement (which varies according to quality)

Great Harp The most prestigious instrument is the harp. Its players get a lot of respect from everyone, especially from other musicians. Although the music is wonderful, part of the reason few minstrels choose the harp is that they are notoriously finicky instruments, going out of tune in damp weather, hot weather, freezing weather, because they have been played too often, or not played enough. S.D.C.: 24 Weight: 15 lbs. - 500 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1,075 SP. to 10,000 SP. Harp The most prestigious instrument is the harp. Its players get a lot of respect from everyone, especially from other musicians. Although the music is wonderful, part of the reason few minstrels choose the harp is that they are notoriously finicky instruments, going out of tune in damp weather, hot weather, freezing weather, because they have been played too often, or not played enough. S.D.C.: 14 Weight: 7 lbs. - 15 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 350 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 175 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 475 SP. to 7,000 SP. Lyre A classical lyre has a hollow body or sound-chest (also known as soundbox or resonator), which, was made out of turtle shell. Lyres have a U-shaped body with a connecting piece along the top of the U and several plucked strings running parallel to the sides. These range from very simple to extremely ornate and can have any number of strings, although a standard lyre is wooden with 7 strings. Extending from this sound-chest are two raised arms, which are sometimes hollow, and are curved both outward and forward. They are connected near the top by a crossbar or yoke. An additional crossbar, fixed to the sound-chest, makes the bridge, which transmits the vibrations of the strings. The deepest note was that closest to the player's body; since the strings did not differ much in length, more weight may have been gained for the deeper notes by thicker strings, as in the violin and similar modern instruments, or they were tuned by having a slacker tension. The strings were of gut. They were stretched between the yoke and bridge, or to a tailpiece below the bridge. There were two ways of tuning: one was to fasten the strings to pegs that might be turned, while the other was to change the placement of the string on the crossbar. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 4 lbs. - 7 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 8000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 4000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 12000 SP. to 20000 SP. Crwth The crwth is a bowed lyre, a type of stringed instrument, associated particularly with Halfling music, once archaic but now widely played. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Nyatiti The Nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked bowl yoke lute from Tilagos. It is a classical instrument played by the Dwarven people. Traditionally It is about one to two feet long with a bowl-shaped, carved wood resonator covered in skin, but larger versions of the instrument exist S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Lute A plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. Typically lutes have an opening on the front for sound to come out of, but there are some enclosed lutes which create a more eerie and muffled sound. Of all the guitar-like instruments, the lute has the best sound, but it is also sensitive to weather and humidity, often needing new strings, or repairs to the wood S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 7000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 10000SP. to 15000 SP. Mandolin Similar to the lute, but with an even smaller body, so it looks longer and narrower. While it does not have the range of the Lute, it is better able to cope with the hardships of travelling S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Leika The most inexpensive of the stringed instruments, with the most limited range of sound. On the other hand, the Leika has metal strings, only needs to be tuned right before a performance, and can stand up to a bit of punishment S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 2 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 250 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 700 SP. to 1500 SP. Ruan The ruan is a traditional Elven plucked string instrument. It is esentually a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its four strings are made of silk or steel. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Main Flute This instrument is held straight out to the side, with both hands fingering on that side of the head. Other than the reed, which needs frequent replacement, this is a durable instrument. S.D.C.: Bamboo 10, Wood 16, Metal 22 Weight: 1 lbs. - 1.5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 200 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 100 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 300 SP. to 1500 SP. Bay flute A very simple instrument consisting of a wooden, or sometimes metal, tube with holes that are covered to create sounds. Flutes look much more similar to a recorder than they do to the Main flute. Bay Flutes can be made of bamboo, wood, clay, or metal. They require no reed, so they are maintenance free and are a great travelling instrument. S.D.C.: Bamboo 8, Wood 14, Clay 11, Metal 20 Weight: .5 lbs. - 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 100 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 50 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 200 SP. to 1000 SP. Bugles, Trumpets, and Horns Horns are a wide range of instruments consisting of a brass tube with a bell shaped opening on one end and a smaller mouthpiece on the other. Typically speaking, the smaller the length of pipe is, the higher of a pitch the instrument will make. Some horns have valve-like openings which, when pressed, change the pitch of the instrument. There are a wide variety of wind instruments in this category. All are made of metal, usually brass, steel or an alloy of SP. Mostly used in orchestra or by military organizations S.D.C.: 80 Weight: 2 lbs. - 20 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 3000 SP. to 8000 SP. Pan Pipes A series of thin tubes of various lengths joined together side by side. The result is what looks like a triangle with the shortest tube on one side and the longest at the other. The musician blows through the top, shifting to different tubes to produce different notes. Small and compact, only the most recent models are made of metal, but traditionally they are made of Bamboo, Wood or Reed. S.D.C.: Bamboo 8/pipe, Wood 14/pipe, Clay 11/pipe, Metal 20/pipe Weight: 2lbs. - 3lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 100 SP. (Metal 650 SP.) Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 50 SP. (Metal 375 SP.) Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 200 SP. (Metal 850 SP.) to 400 SP. (Metal 1200 SP) Dragon Drum A large drum, made of wood and metal. that gives off a deep booming sound. Dragon Drums are usually half the height of the musician and quite heavy. Comes with a pair of weighted batons for striking. Dragon drums are built to take a fair amount of pounding. Note: A drum refers to any form of leather pulled over an open wooden barrel. The size of the barrel and tautness of the leather all greatly affect the pitch and sound of the drum, so a single musician may carry multiple to create a deeper harmony. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 10 lbs. - 12 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 800 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 400 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1000 SP. to 6000 SP. Demon Drums A set of drums usually worn on a belt around the waist and played with fingers and palms. A skilled Demon Drum player dances and plays furiously, often while wearing elaborate "demon" costumes and makeup. Note: A drum refers to any form of leather pulled over an open wooden barrel. The size of the barrel and tautness of the leather all greatly affect the pitch and sound of the drum, so a single musician may carry multiple to create a deeper harmony. S.D.C.: 50 Weight: 12 lbs. - 18 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 900 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 450 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1400 SP. to 9000 SP. Faerie Bells More a costume than a musical instrument, the Faerie Bells are sewn on clothing and "played" while dancing. S.D.C.: 5 Weight: 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 200 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 100 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 300 SP. to 1000 SP. Bagpipes A reeded woodwind instrument consisting of several pipes connected to a bladder filled with air. The bladder itself would be made of various types of leather. More expensive bagpipes might have gold or silver inlays along the pipes and chanter (the pipe with holes which you cover to produce different notes.) They are an ancient Instrument, said to date back to before the Elf Dwarf War. They were once associated exclusively with Dwarves and with a limited number of dirges and solemn processional pieces. However, in the last hundred years, different musicians (Dwarves and Others) have been experimenting with the pipes, making them smaller, and giving them a wider range of sounds. S.D.C.: 25 Weight: 6 lbs. - 8 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1700 SP. to 6000 SP. Squeeze Box (Accordion) Played by pumping a square-shaped or tube-shaped bellows and squeezing the keys on the outer handles. A new instrument to the World, but one that is catching on with a new generation of minstrels and musicians. S.D.C.: 15 Weight: 2 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 250 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 600 SP. to 1500 SP. Bandura A bandura is a Dhelcristian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, is also often referred to by the term kobza. Early instruments had 5 to 12 strings and similar to the lute. Now, the number of strings has increased initially to 31 strings, 56 strings, or 68 strings on 'concert' instruments. Musicians who play the bandura are referred to as bandurists. It is suggested that the instrument developed as a hybrid of the psaltery and the lute. Some also claim it originate on a different world and was brought to Dhelcrist as a gift of their God. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Banjo The banjo is a 5 stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a metal frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of animal skin. S.D.C.: 55 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 8000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 4000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 9000 SP. to 30000 SP. Bouzouki The bouzouki, also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Delgwynthian Empire. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and a long neck with a fretted fingerboard. It has steel strings and is played with a plectrum producing a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but pitched lower. There are two main types of bouzouki: the trichordo (three-course) has three pairs of strings (known as courses) and the tetrachordo (four-course) has four pairs of strings. The instrument was brought to Delgwynth by Human refugees from Harak, and quickly became the central instrument. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Charango The charango is a small stringed instrument of the lute family. The instrument is widespread throughout the world and exists in many variant forms. About 66 cm (26 in) long, the charango is traditionally made with the shell from the back of an armadillo, but it can also be made of wood, which some believe to be a better resonator. Wood is more commonly used in modern instruments. Many charangos are now made with different types of wood. It typically has ten strings in five courses of two strings each, but many other variations exist. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Chello The Chello or cello as it is more commonly known, is an instrument used to play music. The cello is a very popular instrument. It belongs to the string family. It has many uses: as a solo instrument, in chamber music and also in orchestras. The cello came into use as a variant of the violin family, which were also developing and there were lots of experiments with instruments of different shapes and sizes. The Chello is popular as a bass instrument. It has 4 stringsand is used to accompany in basso continuo, playing the same as the left hand of the harpsichord player. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Dan Nyuyet The Dannyuyet or moon lute, is a two-stringed musical instrument. It is used in both folk and classical music, and remains popular with musicians in most places of the World. It is descended from the Ruan. Its strings are made of twisted silk and are kept at a fairly low tension in comparison to the guitar and other plucked instruments. This, and the instrument's raised frets, allow for bending tones. Such bending tones are produced by pressing the string toward the neck rather than bending to the side. The strings are generally plucked with a small plectrum or pick. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2.5 lbs. - 3.5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 20000 SP. Doshpuluur The doshpuluur is a long-necked lute made from wood, usually pine or larch. The doshpuluur is played by plucking and strumming. There are two different versions of the doshpuluur. One version has a trapezoidal soundbox, which is covered on both sides by goat skin and is fretless. The other has a kidney-shaped soundbox mostly of wood with a small goat or snake skin roundel on the front and has frets. Traditionally the instrument has only two strings, but there exist versions of it with three or even four strings. The two strings are commonly tuned a perfect fifth apart, with the third string usually forming the octave. Sometimes the two strings are tuned a perfect fourth apart. Like other stringed instruments, it is traditionally used as an accompaniment for a solo performance. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Dulcimer Dulcimers come in many shapes and sizes, but consist of a hollow wooden slab with strings running along the body, much like a guitar or violin. These strings however, are hit with small hammers to produce notes instead of being plucked. A musician would likely carry a uniquely shaped dulcimer to garner interest. The word dulcimer originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery. Variants of this instrument are found in many cultures S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 4 lbs. - 20 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 2000 SP. to 1000 SP. Guitar A plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A plectrum or individual finger picks may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either acoustically, by means of a resonant chamber on the instrument. The guitar is classified as a chordophone – meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. A guitar is constructed from wood with its strings made of catgut or Steel. There are three main types of guitar: the classical guitar; the steel-string guitar or the lap guitar (played across the player's lap). Traditional guitars include the flat top guitar or an archtop guitar. The tone of a guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerstyle technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 15000 SP. Guqin The guqin is a plucked seven-string Elven musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his qin without good reason,". The guqin is a very quiet instrument, with a range of about four octaves, and its open strings are tuned in the bass register. Its lowest pitch is about two octaves below middle C, or the lowest note on the cello. Sounds are produced by plucking open strings, stopped strings, and harmonics. The use of glissando—sliding tones—gives it a sound reminiscent of a pizzicato cello, fretless double bass or a slide guitar. < S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Harp Guitar The harp guitar (or "harp-guitar") is an Elven guitar-based stringed instrument generally defined as a "guitar, in any of its accepted forms, with any number of additional unstopped strings that can accommodate individual plucking." It is a plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. The word "harp" is used in reference to its harp-like unstopped open strings. A harp guitar must have at least one unfretted string lying off the main fretboard, typically played as an open string. This family consists of many varieties of instrument configurations. S.D.C.: 50 Weight: 4 lbs. - 7 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 12000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 6000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 14000 SP. to 25000 SP. Harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum made from quill. The strings are under tension on a soundboard, which is mounted in a wooden case; the soundboard amplifies the vibrations from the strings so that the listeners can hear it. Like a pipe organ, a harpsichord may have more than one keyboard manual, and even a pedal board. Harpsichords may also have stop buttons which add or remove additional octaves. Some harpsichords may have a buff stop, which brings a strip of buff leather or other material in contact with the strings, muting their sound to simulate the sound of a plucked lute. The term denotes the whole family of similar plucked-keyboard instruments, including the smaller virginals, muselar, and spinet. S.D.C.: 100 Weight: 200 lbs. - 400 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 4750 SP. to 70,000 SP. Shamisen The shamisen, also known as the sangen or samisen (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Moon Elven musical instrument derived from a similar Elven instrument. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Moon Elven pronunciation is usually shamisen but sometimes jamisen when used as a suffix, according to regular sound change. The construction of the shamisen varies in shape, depending on the genre in which it is used. The instrument usually has a thin neck, facilitating agile and virtuosic requirements. The variant used to accompany puppet plays and folk songs has a longer and thicker neck instead, to match the more robust music of those genres. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 3 lbs. - 4 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Tampuri This instrument composed of a wooden box and metal strings is a reduced size and shape version of the ancient tanpura or tambura, a musical instrument with humming strings with a special timbre to accompany the voice as a harmonic base or some solo instrument inside. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 4000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Hurdy Gurdy This instrument has a hand-cranked wooden wheel which strikes strings as it turns. Along the side of this bulky instrument is a keyboard, which when pressed changes the tautness, and thus the pitch, of the strings to sound similar to those of a violin. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible. Most hurdy-gurdies have multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdy-gurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes. One or more of the drone strings usually passes over a loose bridge that can be made to produce a distinctive percussive buzzing sound as the player turns the wheel. S.D.C.: 60 Weight: 7 lbs. - 9 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 2000 SP. to 10000 SP. Kantele A kantele is a traditional plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the psaltery family. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 3000 SP. to 15000 SP. Langeleik The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Dwarven stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither. The Dwarves favour the sound of this instrument which is amplified due to the mountains caverns and valleys. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 4 lbs. - 8 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Liuqin The liuqin is a three, four or five -stringed Elven mandolin with a pear-shaped body. The range of its voice is much higher than traditional types and it has its own special place in Elven music, whether in orchestral music or in solo pieces. Like the ruan its strings are elevated by a bridge and the soundboard has two prominent soundholes. Finally, the instrument is played with a pick with similar technique to both ruan and yueqin, but can be played with the fingers. The liuqin is commonly made of willow wood, while higher quality versions are constructed with a red sandalwood or rosewood. The front board is made of tong wood. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Mohan Veena The Mohan veena refers to either of two distinct plucked string instruments used in classical music. The first of these was a mix of the sarod, veena and surbahar. The second instrument is a modified archtop Lap guitar and is the instrument most commonly referred to by the name Mohan veena. This instrument has between 19 and 21 strings in total: three to four melody and four to five drone strings strung from the peghead, and twelve sympathetic strings strung to the tuners mounted on the side of the neck. A gourd (tumba) is screwed into the back of the neck for improved sustain and resonance. It is held in the lap and played with a bar like a slide guitar. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 5 lbs. - 8 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 20000 SP. Monochord A monochord, also known as sonometer, is an ancient musical and scientific laboratory instrument, involving one (mono-) string (chord). The term monochord is sometimes used as the class-name for any musical stringed instrument having only one string and a stick shaped body, also known as musical bows. According to the Hornbostel–Sachs system, string bows are bar zithers while monochords are traditionally board zithers. The "harmonical canon", or monochord is, at its least, "merely a string having a board under it of exactly the same length, upon which may be delineated the points at which the string must be stopped to give certain notes," allowing comparison. A string is fixed at both ends and stretched over a sound box. One or more movable bridges are then manipulated to demonstrate mathematical relationships among the frequencies produced. "With its single string, movable bridge and graduated rule, the monochord straddled the gap between notes and numbers, intervals and ratios, sense-perception and mathematical reason."However, "music, mathematics, and astronomy were inexorably linked in the monochord." As a pedagogical tool for demonstrating mathematical relationships between intervals. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 4000 SP. to 12000 SP. Musical Bow The musical bow (bowstring or string bow, a subset of bar zithers) is a simple string instrument used by a number of priitve peoples. It consists of a flexible, usually wooden, stick 1.5 to 10 feet (0.5 to 3 m) long, and strung end to end with a taut cord, usually metal. It can be played with the hands or a wooden stick or branch. It is uncertain if the musical bow developed from the hunting bow. Types of bow include mouth-resonated string bow, earth-resonated string bow, and gourd-resonated string bow. S.D.C.: 5 Weight: 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 100 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 50 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 200 SP. to 400 SP. Organ the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played from its own manual, with the hands, or peda lbs.oard, with the feet. S.D.C.: 100 Weight: 300 lbs. - 900 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 4750 SP. to 70,000 SP. Oud The oud is a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument, usually with 11 strings grouped in six courses, but some models have five or seven courses, with 10 or 13 strings respectively. A plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. The oud is very similar to other types of lute. it was first introduced in Dhelchrist and has since spread throughout the world. The oud has no frets and a smaller neck. It is the direct successor of the lute. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 2 lbs. - 4 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 14000 SP. Psaltry One of the ancestors of the dulcimer, the psaltry was a wooden instrument, consisting of a soundbox over which a varying number of strings were stretched; these strings were plucked or bowed. The psaltry is similar to the zither. S.D.C.: 45 Weight: 3 lbs. - 4 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Qanun The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon is a string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in Dhelchrist. The name derives ultimately from an ancient language, meaning "rule, law, norm, principle". The instrument is a type of large zither with a thin trapezoidal soundboard that is famous for its unique melodramatic sound. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Shamisen The shamisen, is a three-stringed traditional Moon Elf instrument. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. S.D.C.: 35 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Tampuri The original instrument "Tampura", "Tanpura" or "tambura", is built on a gourd resonance box and a hollow wooden neck where its end supports the strings through 4, 5 or 6 wooden pegs. This instrument has a peculiar sound and during its execution providing a mantric atmosphere, a constant circular sound and plays an important role in the music of the Halflings. S.D.C.: 15 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 600 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 300 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 700 SP. to 1500 SP. Tiple A tiple, is a plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. Typically it is 12-stringed. Although many variations of the instrument exist, the tiple is mostly associated with Harak, and is considered the national instrument. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 4000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 5000 SP. to 10000 SP. Torban The torban is an Elven musical instrument that combines the features of the lute with those of the psaltery. A plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. The torban differs from the more common lutes in that it has additional short unfretted treble strings (known as prystrunky) strung along the treble side of the soundboard. The multi-strung, expensive in manufacture, stringing, maintenance and technically difficult fretted torban is considered an instrument of Elven gentry. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 5 lbs. - 6 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 20000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 10000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 25000 SP. to 50000 SP. Viola The viola is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. It has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4. In the past, the viola varied in size and style, as did its names. The word viola originates from the Harakian language. The Harakian often used the term viola da braccio meaning literally: 'of the arm'. "Brazzo" was another Harakian word for the viola. The viola is popular in the five-part harmony, taking three lines of the harmony and occasionally playing the melody line. Music for the viola differs from most other instruments in that it primarily uses the alto clef. When viola music has substantial sections in a higher register, it switches to the treble clef to make it easier to read. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 3 lbs. - 4 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1250 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 3000 SP. to 8000 SP. Violin The violin, also known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone (string instrument). Most violins have a hollow wooden body. The violin typically has four strings (some can have five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music. The name fiddle is often used regardless of the type of music played on it. The violin was first known in Harak, with some further modifications occurring in later years to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection. It served as the basis for the development of other stringed instruments, such as the viola. The components of a violin are usually made from different types of wood. Violins can be strung with gut, or steel strings. A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier or violinmaker. One who makes or repairs bows is called an archetier or bowmaker. S.D.C.: 25 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 2500 SP. to 10000 SP. Yueqin The yueqin, also called a moon lute or moon guitar, is a traditional Elven string instrument. It is a lute with a round, hollow soundboard, a short fretted neck, and usually four strings. The instrument Millenia ago before the Elf Dwarf Wars. The ruan, another Elven instrument, is the ancestor of the yueqin. The name yueqin once applied to all instruments with a moon-shaped soundboard, including the ruan; however, "yueqin" now applies to a separate category from the ruan family. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 2 lbs. - 6 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 14000 SP. Goblet Drum The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali), is a single head membranophone with a goblet shaped body. It is most commonly used in the traditional music of gypsi tribes. Note: A drum refers to any form of leather pulled over an open wooden barrel. The size of the barrel and tautness of the leather all greatly affect the pitch and sound of the drum, so a single musician may carry multiple to create a deeper harmony. S.D.C.: 36 Weight: 3 lbs. -5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1200 SP. to 9000 SP. Zither Zithers are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. Like a guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a resonating chamber (sound box), but, unlike guitars and lutes, a zither lacks a distinctly separate neck assembly. The number of strings varies, from one to more than fifty and use metal strings. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 4 lbs. - 8 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 3500 SP. to 1500 SP. Bodhran The bodhrán is a frame drum used in Elvish music ranging from 25 to 65 cm (10–26 in) in diameter, with most drums measuring 35–45 cm (14–18 in). The sides of the drum are 9–20 cm (3+1/2–8 in) deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (other animal skins are sometimes used). The other side is open-ended for one hand to be placed against the inside of the drum head to control the pitch and timbre. One or two crossbars, sometimes removable, may be inside the frame. Note: A drum refers to any form of leather pulled over an open wooden barrel. The size of the barrel and tautness of the leather all greatly affect the pitch and sound of the drum, so a single musician may carry multiple to create a deeper harmony. S.D.C.: 15 Weight: 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 4000 SP. to 20000 SP. Elven Horn Harp Although similar in size to the human instrument, it is made from the horn of some great beast. The sounds comeing from it are wholely dependent on the nature of the crafter as well as the type of horn used. S.D.C.: 150 Weight: 300 lbs. - 700 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5500 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2750 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6750 SP. to 70,000 SP. Elven Flute A long tube of metal, or metal reinforced wood; rarely of crystal, with a belled end. Some are played held horizontally, others vertically. The sound is made by blowing across a hole, and different notes are made by covering the holes with the fingers. S.D.C.: 25 Weight: 1 lbs. - 1.5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 4000 SP. to 1200 SP. Elven Crystal Flute Similar in appearance to a traditional flute but not made of wood. Formed by magic using same crystal used in many elven buildings, they are virtually indestructable. S.D.C.: Indestructable Weight: .5 lbs. - 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 10000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 5000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship, Prices will range from 12000 SP. to 20000 SP. Elven Twin Flute A single reed instrument that branches out into two arms, each similar in appearance to an Bay or Elven flute. Formed by magic using metal, metal reinforced wood, or crystal. Both the arms have holes, and different notes are made by covering the holes with the fingers, allowing a skilled musician to play 2 different tunes using the same breath. Using same crystal used in many elven buildings, they are virtually indestructable. S.D.C.: Indestructable Weight: .5 lbs. - 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 20000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 10000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship, Prices will range from 25000 SP. to 40000 SP. Elven Bird Pipes Also known as the ocarina, is a wind musical instrument made of clay and is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. Popular with wood elven and even wild elven bards. S.D.C.: 5 Weight:.25 lbs. - .5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 50 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 25 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship, Prices will range from 100 SP. to 200 SP. Shalaquin A long-necked elven instrument played by plucking or strumming while changing the tension of the strings with a ratcheted wheel. S.D.C.: 25 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 15000 SP. Elven Lyre Lyres have a U-shaped body with a connecting piece along the top of the U and several plucked strings running parallel to the sides. These range from very simple to extremely ornate and can have any number of strings, although a standard Elven lyre is wooden with 4-8 strings.This stringed instrument produces a calming and exquisite sound, and is prized among bards of any race. The body is semi-sphereical and supports two arms that curve inward, with a crossbar keeping the strings taut. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 2 lbs. - 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 15000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 7500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 17000 SP. to 30000 SP. Elven Lute Similar to the human Instrument of the same name, it is about half the size of a guitar. It has six metal strings, paired with 6 gut strings, and a long neck. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 6000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 3000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 7000 SP. to 20000 SP. Elven Mandolin A plucked string instrument with a deep hollow body made of wood. A much smaller instrument than the lute, with 8 strings, and a shorter neck. In many ways similar to the human version only more stylistic with a richer sound. S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 3 lbs. - 5 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 5000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 6000 SP. to 12000 SP. Elven Dulcimer This has a long flat body, with many paired metal strings stretched over a series of bridges. It is played flat on a frame or on the lap, using a small hammer in each hand to hit the strings, or can be played much like a guitar by strumming or plucking the strings. S.D.C.: 25 Weight: 4 lbs. - 8 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 5000 SP. to 15000 SP. Glaur Glaur are made of brass with a large bell shaped opening on one end and a smaller mouthpiece on the other, looking much like a short curved cornucopia It is mainly used Elves and Dwarves, but is becoming more and more common. S.D.C.: 30 Weight: 3 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 1000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 2000 SP. to 10000 SP. Longhorn Longhorns are made of extremely long (6 to 8 feet) brass tube with a bell shaped opening on one end and a smaller mouthpiece on the other. A kind of Otaran horn that is a cross of a flute and a bugle. It is a common Instrument in civilised areas and among the elves. S.D.C.: 80 Weight: 12 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 3000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1500 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 5000 SP. to 12000 SP. Shawn A length of wood ending in a flared bell, much like a horn. Instead of a mouthpiece, the shawm has a reed which the musician vibrates to create pitches. Shawms can be of various sizes, with the smaller being the higher pitched, but all have a series of holes bored into them to create the different individual notes. S.D.C.: 20 Weight: 1 lbs. - 2 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 800 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 400 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 1000 SP. to 4000 SP. Viol A six stringed instrument, the precursor of most stringed instruments like the violin, cello, etc. The strings, which line a hollow body, can be plucked or pressed against the body at different lengths along the neck, and have a string drawn against them to create a distinctly vibrato (vibrating) sound. Viols come in various sizes, which eventually become the specific instruments of the viol family S.D.C.: 40 Weight: 5 lbs. - 7 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 4000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 2000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 5000 SP. to 12000 SP. Tambourine A very flat drum with small metal discs inserted around the edge. These discs clap together as the handheld drum is hit to create a jingling sound along with the drum's bass sound. S.D.C.: 10 Weight: 1 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 200 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 100 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 400 SP. to 2000 SP. Uda Essentially a clay water jug with an extra hole in it. The jug has a small amount of water sitting in the bottom, and is played by tapping or dragging one’s fingers along the outside. S.D.C.: 10 Weight: 4 lbs. - 6 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 300 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 150 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 400 SP. to 900 SP. Maracas Typically played with a pair, maracas are gourds, or hollowed wood in the shape of a gourd, filled with dried beans, rice, or pellets of some variety. These are shaken to produce a percussive beat. S.D.C.: 15 Weight: 1 lbs. - 2 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 200 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 100 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 300 SP. to 1000 SP. Gong/WarGong A large plate of metal which is hit with a mallet, typically covered in cloth. A wargong has little to no variation but is typically used with the express purpose of creating a beat to command troops in battle. S.D.C.: 100 Weight: 15 lbs. New Instrument Value (Good Quality): 2000 SP. Used Instrument Value (Average Quality): 1000 SP. Quality Instrument Value: Depending on workmanship and materials used it crafting, Prices will range from 3000 SP. to 5000 SP.