Ghatam Manamadurai
Brilliant treble and deep, earthy bass - discover our professional quality ghatams from Manamadurai.
Ghatams are bulbous clay pots with a narrow neck and open top from South India. Ghatams have metallic trebles and a modulable earthy bass. They are struck with the fingers and the balls of the hands. Strokes on the belly, neck or upper rim, as well as different striking techniques, produce different sounds. Ghatams are traditionally played on the lap or standing on a ring.
Manamadurai ghatams are particularly heavy and thick-walled. They therefore need quite hard strokes to reveal their full potential. However, they are also particularly stable. The unique clay from Manamadurai develops particularly good sound properties after firing. Fine copper or brass shards are added to further improve the sound.
VEGAN - without parts of animal bodies or substances produced by animals
Sound sample ghatam.
Made of clay, including padded bag and ring.
The pitch develops in the firing process and can not be changed afterwards any more. Therefore, ghatams can not be delivered tuned to a specific frequency. As a rule, our Manamadurai ghatams sound around D, D#, E or F. Please enquire if you have specific requirements!
Measure: height 34 cm, diameter 28 cm, weight: 6.5 to 7.5 kg
Each instrument is individually hand-crafted and might differ from our description.
PALOMA is the international brand name for instruments made by Haribhau Vishwanath from Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Haribhau Vishwanath was founded in 1925 as a small repair business and developed into one of the leading Indian harmonium manufacturers in the course of decades. In addition, Haribhau Vishwanath makes shrutiboxes, santoors, swarmandals and some drums. Haribhau Vishwanath is also an active musical instrument trader and supplies us with some rarely demanded instruments where a direct purchase from the manufacturer is not profitable. Thanks to his good infrastructure and long experience with instrument manufacturing, trading and international shipping, Haribhau currently supplies all common harmonium models and many other instruments constantly in a high quality regarding workmanship. In addition, he excels through attractive innovations, like e.g. the harmonium Compactina or a particular silk-mat finish. Haribhau Vishwanath is a partner of India Instruments since 2005. Today the company is run by Ashish Diwane.