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Santur tuning key – T-shaped wrench with knurled metal shaft and socket tip
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Tuning Key for Santur

€22,12

  • T-shaped santur tuning key with a hollow socket that fits over the tuning pins.
  • Knurled metal shaft for spinning the key quickly with the fingers; the handle gives control for fine adjustment.
  • A tool for every santur player who tunes their own instrument.
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Description

This santur tuning key is a T-shaped wrench for turning the tuning pins of the santur. It is for players who tune their own instrument, at home, in lessons and before a concert. The key has a T-shaped handle, a metal shaft with a knurled section, and a hollow socket at the tip that fits over the pin.

Why the Santur Needs a Tuning Key

A Persian santur has two rows of nine bridges, with four strings tuned in unison over each bridge: 72 strings in all. Each string is wound on a tuning pin, and the pins are turned with a wrench, as on the hammered dulcimer or the piano. Santur players retune for different modes and correct the pitch whenever temperature and humidity change, so the key is used at almost every session.

How to Use the Tuning Key

Place the socket fully over the pin before you turn; a socket that sits only halfway can slip and wear the pin head. Use the knurled shaft to spin the key quickly with your fingers, then the handle for the last small movements. Turn in small steps and listen after each one, because all four strings of a course must sound exactly together.

Tune Your Santur

Use our free online tuner at tuner.tapadum.com in chromatic mode to check each course while you turn the key.

Technical Specifications

SpecificationDetails
ProductSantur tuning key (tuning wrench)
HandleT-shaped
ShaftMetal, with knurled section
TipHollow socket for the tuning pins
InstrumentSantur

What Is Included with the Santur Tuning Key

  • One santur tuning key

Who It Is For

Every santur player needs a tuning key, and many keep a second one in the instrument case or at their teacher’s studio. Tuning pin sizes can differ between instruments; if you are not sure whether the socket fits your santur, contact us with the pin size before ordering. Find sticks, strings and more in our santur accessories, and instruments in the santur and hammered dulcimer collection.

Care and Storage

Keep the key in the santur case so it is always at hand, and wipe the shaft dry after use. If the socket starts to slip on the pins, replace the key: a worn socket rounds off the pin heads and makes tuning harder.

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What is a santur tuning key?
It is a small wrench whose hollow socket fits over the tuning pins of the santur. Turning the key tightens or loosens the string wound on that pin. A Persian santur carries 72 strings in courses of four over 18 bridges, so a key is needed to tune the instrument and to correct it before playing.
How do I tune a santur with this key?
Seat the socket fully on the pin, spin the key with the knurled shaft, and make the final adjustment with the T-handle in small steps. Tune one string of a course to a tuner, then match the other three strings to it until all four sound together. Our free online tuner has a chromatic mode for this.
Will this tuning key fit my santur?
It is made for santur tuning pins, but pin sizes can differ between makers and between the santur and other hammered dulcimers. If you are unsure, measure the width of a pin head and contact us before ordering, and we will tell you whether the socket fits your instrument.
How often does a santur need tuning?
Check the tuning every time you play. The santur reacts to changes in temperature and humidity, new strings stretch for several days, and players retune some courses when they move to a different mode. Short, regular corrections keep the 72 strings much easier to manage than a full retune after weeks.

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