Another very good looking but cheap and inferior sitar has been transformed into a tanpura, giving it a new life. It is an old and beautiful body with a nice and big tumba. This time I converted it into a regular 4-string female tanpura, tuned to F. The mounted string set can also reach G, but different strings are needed for higher tuning.
Sound sample: PA-sa-sa-SA Sitanpura in F
The scale measures 86cm & string set is
1: 0,41mm bronze string tuned to C3
2: 0,30mm steel string tuned to F3
3: 0,30mm steel string tuned to F3
4: 0,56mm bronze string tuned to F2
My friend Christine has made a beautiful cotton protective cover for this instrument. It is completely handmade and custom-made for this tanpura. Perfectly fitting and skilfully finished!
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Oh my, this saved me (well it saved around 5 strings from me) My grandad recently bought me a sitanpura from eBay and me and my Mum have been restoring it, the carvings and decoration are so beautiful but it wouldn’t play properly. After my Mum had spent her own spare time on meticulously carving the tuning pegs down to fit perfectly (honestly she’s the best Mum ever I can’t overstate that) I tried to tune it to a usual Tanpura tuning but to my disappointment the strings either wouldn’t hold the tension or just snap. I then found this it sounds so much better as well thank you so much.
P.s I accidentally posted this comment on another article