RADEL SUNADAVINODINI ELECTRONIC VEENA
USER MANUAL
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a quality product - the electronic veena 'Sunadavinodini".
The electronic veena, 'Sunadavinodini' is a completely self-contained, portable veena that can be assembled or
dismantled in seconds.
The features of the electronic veena 'Sunadavinodini' are:
1. Enhanced volume, with the amplifier, loudspeaker and electronic tambura built into the right side gourd
that rests on the ground.
2. Adjustable volume
3. Increased sustenance of notes; thus long passages can be played with fewer plucks
4. Adjustable frets on a wooden fret board, eliminating the more delicate wax fret board
5. Frets can be adjusted easily by the user
6. Imported Guitar keys for easy tuning
7. Built-in electronic tambura for sruti
8. Complete portability, as the sound box of the veena is dispensed with, and replaced by a plank of wood.
9. Easy assembly / disassembly
10. Battery back-up facility
With the Sunadavinodini electronic veena, the vainika can easily carry the instrument anywhere, assemble it in
seconds, and enjoy the music that he / she creates with the enhanced possibilities provided.
ASSEMBLY OF THE SUNADAVINODINI:
The Instrument consists of a fret-board and two detachable gourds ('sorekkai' or 'burude') – one with the
amplispeaker and tambura, and the other a support gourd to place on the lap.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
The Sunadavinodini electronic veena can be used at any voltage from 90V – 260V AC without using any voltage
selector switch.
ASSEMBLY OF VEENA:
Fix the detachable gourds to the fret-boards by inserting the three screws on the
bottom of the fret-board into the keyholes on the top of the gourd bracket, control panel facing you in the ampli-
speaker gourd, and the ‘Sunadavinodini’ label facing you in the other gourd. Twist the gourds into place just like
fixing a light bulb into its socket. Tighten the small locking screw provided below the fixing bracket of the gourd,
to prevent the gourd from detaching accidentally.
Connect the veena to the ampli-speaker gourd with the two connecting cords provided, for the main strings and
taala strings respectively. One end of each connecting cord fits into its socket under the fret-board. The other
end of the cord fits into the respective socket next to the power button on the ampli-speaker gourd. Connect the
mains cord of the ampli-speaker (right side) gourd from the mains socket on the veena to the mains power
supply. Switch ON the ampli-speaker gourd by pressing the power button and adjust the volume to your
requirement. Switch ON the tambura using the controls on the left side of the same gourd, and adjust the volume
by pressing the ▲and ▼ buttons. Tune to the sruti required using the ▲and ▼ buttons.
