{{Short description|Musical instrument}} {{Infobox Instrument |name=Bazantar |names= |image= Bazantar.jpg |classification= *Bowed string instrument |range= |related= * Double bass }}
The '''bazantar''' is a custom made string 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]
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{{Experimental musical instruments}}
Category:Double basses Category:Experimental musical instruments Category:String instruments with sympathetic strings Category:1993 musical instruments
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