A very special and most beautiful series of sitars and surbahars made by Dieter Zarnitz.
The tumba is replaced by a wooden construction as used in traditional western lute making. Neck and body are made from flamed maple, with old air-dried pine soundboard. The head and curl are made of rosewood, the tuning pegs are made from ebony.
But, all I’ve ever heard about the man who builds these beauties is this flyer, taken by my friend Bert Cornelis at a concert in Aachen (Germany).
Sitar, Surbahar & Tanpura
Dieter Zarnitz
Gutenbergstr. 40
31139 Hildesheim
Tel: 05121/2043815
dieter.zarnitz@htp-tel.de