New development in mridangam design

[harimau]

Today's Times of India reports that scientists at the Central Leather Research Institute have developed a "detachable" mridangam.

Somebody please warn Dad that there may be some patent infringement and a lawyer needs to look into this carefully so that the Son can collect billions in royalty.

PS. That reminds me of the time when a ghatam player invented a detachable ghatam. As he was dismounting his scooter near the auditorium, his ghatam fell down and broke into pieces.

Remember that many useful inventions came out of accidents. X-Rays, Post-It Notes, Penicillin, Teflon, etc., come to mind.

[Ponbhairavi]

The detachable mridangam Owned by a detachable mridangist can fit in ideally for a detachable R T P With a detachable Thani in a detachable concert format by a an artist sitting on a detachable stage of a detachable sabha and singing for a detachable audience(who walk in and out at will ) ONly thing is that the artist should realize that he is also detachable.

[vasanthakokilam]

There is something about Indians and Detachment!

[Nick H]

I have submitted my patent application for my "Russian-Doll" mridangam.

It opens in the middle, and there is a slightly smaller one inside. That one opens in the middle, and there is a smaller one inside, and, yes, inside that there is another. This way an artist can easily carry mridangams for seven srutis.

There will also be revolutionisation and internationalisification of some of termoninology, starting with topi and bottomi.

And accompanying document will explain, as in the case of some British WWII torpedos, that the instrument should be stored upside down, and that, to avoid confusion, the top has been marked bottom and the bottom has been marked top.

[Nick H]

These seven smaller mridangams will require, on stage, seven students to look after them too.

Please note that I have no problem, on the whole, with mridangists. I really love the instrument, and admire many of the players, as well as liking the few that I know personally. However, this mridangist's retinue thing continues to puzzle me. Why does the mridangist get one, when the violinist does not? Even the "main" artist is limited to an optional "support" or one student playing the tambura.

[SrinathK]

Why would the violinist need 7 violins in one concert? At best an extra bow and a couple of sets of strings would do.