Tambura Purchase

[MShreyas]

Hello all,

I am a long time student of carnatic music and I am interested in buying a tambura and bringing it to the US. Does anyone have experience bringing in a tambura as checked luggage or some other way? I'd appreciate any information anyone has.

Thanks

[nadhasudha]

Hello MShreyas,

I bought a tambura recently and brought it as hand baggage. I travelled Jet Airways and Delta and both flights let me carry it as hand baggage. I also had a small backpack as hand baggage in addition to the tambura.

I brought the Tanjore style flat back tambura and it comes with a convenient carry case.

Bringing instruments as checked in baggage could damage the instrument as you can not be sure that it will be handled with care.

[rupavathi]

Talk to VV Sundaram or any other event organizer in the US... they have the experience of sending multiple tamburas every yr to the US from Chennai