Flower Sitar on visit

Flower Sitar on visit

This flower sitar belonging to Thierry Willame is on a visit.
We want to change it into a playable instrument.

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First I have made and mounted a new bridge on the soundboard and put new strings. After tuning the strings I put a liner…

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… and I find the soundboard curved some 4 mm.

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Seeing this I am worried that this curve is too big, knowing that it is not static and while playing the sitar (especially meend) the pressure on the soundboard will be far too high. I don’t know the thickness of this plate, I am afraid it is too thin.

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Et tu n’as pas encore vu le travail terminé !

Klaas a placé les frets, les 7 cordes principales, le silet, le chevalet, …

Bref il est superbe … mais uniquement à regarder pas pour jouer !

J’attends les photos sur le site – et dans mon mail – avec impatience :-)))

Merci Klaas :-)))

un vrai piece d’art!!!
J’espere le tableau tiendra les tensions des cordes,normallement c’est le cas.
Il faut eviter des cordes epais parce que ca augmente la tension quand on fait un “meend”
bon chance!!

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