Dieter Zarnitz
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…
Electric Zeetar
Anyone ever seen this one in real ? The Rajah Zeetar is an instrument made in the 1960’s in the likeness of a sitar. Supplied with an electronic amplifier. Made in Japan. It comes with 2 eye-catching big magnetic pickups and the body is made of papier-mache with a…
Hiren Roy Compact Sitar
Towards the end of last year Hiren Roy company came with their version of the “compact sitar”. At first sight a regular sitar with an original slotted head, but … …they simply cut the tumba by half. It looks very similar to Sanjay’s “studio travel model“, which has a…
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.
Flower Sitar
Sitar belonging to Thierry Willame, nicely decorated with painted flowers. But can it be used to play?
Turntable Sitar
This is a real challenge… A Ken Butler creation. Completely made out of waste. Click here for more details.
Paharganj, 1974…
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