# Bazantar

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{{Short description|Musical instrument}}
{{Infobox Instrument
|name=Bazantar
|names=
|image= Bazantar.jpg 
|classification=
*[Bowed string instrument](/source/Bowed_string_instrument)
|range=
|related= 
* [Double bass](/source/Double_bass)
}}

The '''bazantar''' is a [custom made string instrument](/source/custom_made_instrument) invented by musician Mark Deutsch,<ref>{{Cite patent|country=US|number=5883318|pubdate=1999-03-16|title=Device for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument|inventor1-last=Deutsch|inventor1-first=Mark D.}}</ref> who worked on the design between 1993 and 1997.

==External links==
*[http://bazantar.com Mark Deutsch's Bazantar page]
*[http://bazantar.bandcamp.com Mark Deutsch's Bandcamp page]
*[http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om06200.html oddmusic.com Bazantar Information Page with sound samples]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130911223614/http://stringedinstrumentdatabase.110mb.com/a.htm The Stringed Instrument Database's section on the Bazantar]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSi9IxPfYA YouTube video of Mark Deutsch talking about and playing the Bazantar]

==References==
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{{Experimental musical instruments}}

Category:Double basses
Category:Experimental musical instruments
Category:String instruments with sympathetic strings
Category:1993 musical instruments

{{Violin-family-instrument-stub}}

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