Santur: wehewehe o ka mea kani, hale, kani, mōʻaukala, pehea e pāʻani ai

ʻO Santur kahi mea kani kani kani kahiko, maʻamau ma nā ʻāina hikina.

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o ka Iranian santoor ʻo ia ka deck (kino) i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano o kahi trapezoid o ka lāʻau i koho ʻia, a aia nā pegs metala (nā kaula paʻa) ma nā ʻaoʻao. Ke hele nei kēlā me kēia kū i nā kaula ʻehā o ka memo hoʻokahi ma o ia iho, me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leo momona a kūlike.

ʻO ke mele i hana ʻia e ka santur ua holo i nā kenekulia a ua iho mai i ko mākou manawa. Nui nā moʻolelo kuʻikahi i ʻōlelo i ke ola ʻana o kēia mea kani, ʻo ia hoʻi ke Torah. Ua hana ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka santur ma lalo o ka mana o ke kāula Iudaio a me ke aliʻi ʻo David. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hana i kekahi mau mea kani. Ma ka unuhi ʻana, ʻo "santur" ʻo ia ka "ʻohi i nā kaula", a mai ka huaʻōlelo Helene "psanterina". Ma lalo o kēia inoa i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ka buke hemolele o ke Torah.

No ka pāʻani ʻana i ka santurn, hoʻohana ʻia ʻelua mau lāʻau liʻiliʻi me nā lau i hohola ʻia ma nā wēlau. Ua kapa ʻia kēlā mau hama liʻiliʻi he mizrabs. Aia kekahi mau hoʻonohonoho kī like ʻole, hiki ke kani i ke kī o G (G), A (A) a i ʻole C (B).