More Dieter Zarnitz ghoraj
A new set of ghorajs made by Dieter Zarnitz. The wood comes from leftover pieces of a construction.
“Cumaru” is a very fine, hard and durable construction-wood. “Angelim Amargoso” is very heavy and rougher than Cumaru. Both grow in South America. The colour you see is the natural one. The setting (“jawari“) can be done at the Sitar Factory (Belgium) or at Dieter’s house (Germany).
Isn’t the JAWARI the actual SOUND of the bridge – ie a band – closed jawari or Khol – open jawari. I always thought the bridge was called a GORAJ !!!
Dear Nick,
I can only mention what has been told to me by my guru Harichand Sharma: The meaning of the word “jawari” is “saddle which gives life to the sound”. It comes from the hindi combination of “jiv” (= life) & “sawari” (= saddle). The actual bridge, as we casually also adress to as “jawari” is in fact called ghodi or also sometimes goraj. This is a construction of wooden legs, glued to a piece of hard material in a rectangular shape and a curved surface. “Doing Jawari” is the act of giving shape to the glued hard surface of the ghodi or goraj so that the specific sound is created… from closed to open, and everything in between these…