It happens that a kuti, old or new, breaks. Most of the time, these can be repaired easily…
See the new page on Kuti Repair at “blog pages / repairs”.
Category Archives: repair
Sarod Guitar / modification
Sarod Guitar / repair
Some time ago Nik G. asked me to modify this Simon & Patrick guitar into a sarod…
but first a little damage had to be repaired… Continue reading →
Flower Sitar completed
The flower sitar in the hands of its proudly owner, Thierry.
The sitar is ready but it’s not really sufficiently solid to actually play it. Too bad…
Flower Sitar on visit
This flower sitar belonging to Thierry Willame is on a visit.
We want to change it into a playable instrument.
Restoration of old Bina Musicals sitar
Flower Sitar
Sitar belonging to Thierry Willame, nicely decorated with painted flowers. But can it be used to play?
Tumba repair 2 (ctd.)
Next step is to hollow out the glue joints.
…en then fill out these hollows and the fixing holes with a mixture of plaster, wood-glue and water.
Making the colour matching and polishing should wait for the summer. We need warmth and sunshine…
Tumba repair 2
Another nice picture from the sitar’s inside : “Ali Baba’s Café”
This picture is taken on the soundboard, inside the tumba.
It’s all about this tumba, “… mind the gap …” :
And, when all the pieces are fit together, glued and fixed in the traditional way, you ‘ll get this :
More tumba repair here .
Repair completed
Tumba repair completed.
New strings fitted and jiwari adjusted.
Here a picture about the soundboard (tabli).