Other flat bridged instruments
We have already mentioned the various North Indian lutes such as tanpura, sitar, surbahar, rudra-vina, etc. In South India we have the famous Saraswati-vina with its brass flat bridge, and the tanjore tanpura.
![South Indian Saraswati-vina South Indian Saraswati-vina](/current/local/runtime/images/215x150/veena_bridge.jpg)
New in the world of Indian music is the recent development of a new instrument in Pakistan. The Sagar Veena is an unfretted stringed instrument. It consists of nine playing strings and two drone chords, a wooden bridge with silver (never used before in any Indian stringed instrument) and individual jawari. Each string has its own bridge as seen in the photo below.
![The separate bridges of the Sagar-veena The separate bridges of the Sagar-veena](/current/local/runtime/images/240x130/Sagar_Veena_bridges.jpg)
We can see that outside of India the flat bridge is used too, and other jawari variations have been applied to create the overtones and the buzzing sound that is required.