Some of my Jew’s harps, made of wood, bamboo, bronze, metal. Pyotr Ogotoyev is well-khown yakutian jew’s harp player, honoured artist of Russia. Here is some of his improvisations from the album “Play, my khomus”. Such harps are among the world’s most ancient musical instruments. All his tools were designed and created by himself. He invented such devices that enable handcrafted Jew’s harps’ production efficiently and elaborately to reach the ultimate perfection.
The Jew’s harp (or Jews’ harp), jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 3rd century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew’s trump, it has no particular connection with Judaism This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz.
In the musical and spiritual ideoscape of the central Asian steppe, the forces of nature’s master-spirits affect everyday life. With just two million people spread over a vast expanse of over one million square miles, the nomadic life is often pitted against the elemental power of nature, early or late snow, rain and wind, testing the resilience and humility of humans. In this landscape, the gods can be charmed with music, and music performance become an act of reciprocity—returning to nature what has been borrowed.
A truly excellent and versatile harp, well made, fantastic sound. I appreciate the case & neck pouch, both are well made and protect the tongue when not in use. The double- tongue jews harp has a unique vibratto sound., but it’s not as loud as the single-tongued jews harp shown at the left.

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Srinivasa is the son of the Karnataka Kalashri award winner, tabla Vidwan R S Ananthramaiah who was responsible for initiating him into the field of playing as well as making of musical instruments. My father established this store in 1962,” says Srinivas, sitting in a circle of mridangams. While a variety of rare instruments were formerly made and sold at the store, it now undertakes the manufacture of mainly the mridangam and the tabla.
During the workshop every student will get a djam to practice which you can take home afterwards, so you can continue to learn by yourself. During the day you will get to know basic techniques of playing the Jew’s harp and learn a lot about the cultures around this instrument in traditional, contemporary, folk, pop and art music. We will listen to recordings and I will play live examples of different Jew’s harps.
Not far from the restaurant, in the store “Kudai Bakhsy” (Кудай Бахсы), there’s a wide selection of Yakutsk souvenirs. After the fleshly pleasures of lunch, set off for a dessert of the soul with a trip to the National Art Museum (Национальный художественный музей РС), which stands right there on Lenin Square. But it’s worth bearing in mind that even a “running tour” of the expositions would require one-two hours. To fill the rest of the day you could visit the museum of local lore (Краеведческий музей), which is just 10 minutes on foot from Lenin Square to the northeast. If you want a really great dinner before ending your day, head to the Yakut-Russian restaurant “Chochur Muran” (Чочур Муран), which is located in a picturesque setting, and which contains its own museum’s worth of various 19th century curiosities.
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